Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: Cython-debugsource / PyYAML-debugsource / numpy-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2025_23530)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 356807

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_23530 advisory.

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

* python: Virtual environment (venv) activation scripts don't quote paths (CVE-2024-9287)

* python: Improper validation of IPv6 and IPvFuture addresses (CVE-2024-11168)

* python: cpython: URL parser allowed square brackets in domain names (CVE-2025-0938)

* cpython: python: CPython DecodeError Handling Vulnerability (CVE-2025-4516)

* cpython: Tarfile extracts filtered members when errorlevel=0 (CVE-2025-4435)

* cpython: python: Extraction filter bypass for linking outside extraction directory (CVE-2025-4330)

* python: cpython: Arbitrary writes via tarfile realpath overflow (CVE-2025-4517)

* cpython: python: Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to arbitrary targets outside extraction directory (CVE-2025-4138)

* 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_23530.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 356807

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2025_23530.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.2

Percentile: 98.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0938

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11168, CVE-2024-5642, CVE-2024-9287, CVE-2025-0938, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4516, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-6069, CVE-2025-6075, CVE-2025-8291

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