Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: python-unversioned-command / python3 / python3-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2025_23342)

low Nessus Plugin ID 354946

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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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_23342 advisory.

* python: Invalid value for OpenSSL API may cause Buffer over-read when NPN is used (CVE-2024-5642)

* cpython: Python HTMLParser quadratic complexity (CVE-2025-6069)

* cpython: python: Python zipfile End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked (CVE-2025-8291)

* python: Quadratic complexity in os.path.expandvars() with user-controlled template (CVE-2025-6075)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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_23342.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 354946

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2025_23342.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6075

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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: 6/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5642, CVE-2025-6069, CVE-2025-6075, CVE-2025-8291

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