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Amazon Linux 2 : redis, --advisory ALAS2REDIS6-2025-014 (ALASREDIS6-2025-014)

🗓️ 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Redis on Amazon Linux 2 older than 6.2.14-2 is vulnerable to a TOCTOU file overwrite (CVE-2025-9810).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALASREDIS6-2025-014.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(265068);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-9810");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : redis, --advisory ALAS2REDIS6-2025-014 (ALASREDIS6-2025-014)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of redis installed on the remote host is prior to 6.2.14-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the ALAS2REDIS6-2025-014 advisory.

    TOCTOU  in linenoiseHistorySave in linenoise allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and
    change permissions via a symlink race between fopen(w) on the history path and subsequent chmod() on the
    same path. (CVE-2025-9810)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2REDIS6-2025-014.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-9810.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update redis' or
  or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2REDIS6-2025-014' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-9810");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/09/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:redis");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:redis-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:redis-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:redis-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var REPOS_FOUND = TRUE;
var extras_list = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/extras_label_list");
if (isnull(extras_list)) REPOS_FOUND = FALSE;
var repository = '"amzn2extra-redis6"';
if (REPOS_FOUND && (repository >!< extras_list)) exit(0, AFFECTED_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'redis-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-debuginfo-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-debuginfo-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-devel-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-devel-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'},
    {'reference':'redis-doc-6.2.14-2.amzn2.0.5', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'redis6'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = rpm_report_get();
  if (!REPOS_FOUND) extra = rpm_report_get() + report_repo_caveat();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "redis / redis-debuginfo / redis-devel / etc");
}

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16 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.15.8 - 6.8
EPSS0.00015
SSVC
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