Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: libssh / libssh-config / libssh-debuginfo / libssh-debugsource / etc (crlsa-2025_23483)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353950

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_23483 advisory.

* libssh: Invalid return code for chacha20 poly1305 with OpenSSL backend (CVE-2025-5987)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2025_23483.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23483

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376219

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2025:23483

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b9fe1a5

http://www.nessus.org/u?cfabfe39

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353950

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2025_23483.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.79

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5987

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5987