Rocky Linux 10.0 [CIQ] Security Update: perl / perl-Attribute-Handlers / perl-AutoLoader / perl-AutoSplit / etc (crlsa-2025_12056)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 358139

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 10.0 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2025_12056 advisory.

* perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)

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_12056.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 358139

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_0_crlsa-2025_12056.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: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

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: 10/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40909

Detections

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