Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14179

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include('compat.inc');

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  script_id(313265);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-14179");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14179");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, the
    PDO Firebird driver improperly handles NUL bytes when preparing SQL queries. During token-by-token query
    construction, a string token containing a NUL byte is copied via strncat(), which stops at the NUL byte,
    dropping the closing quote and causing subsequent SQL tokens to be interpreted as part of the string. This
    allows SQL injection when attacker-controlled values are quoted via PDO::quote() and embedded in SQL
    statements. (CVE-2025-14179)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-14179");

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

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libapache2-mod-php5"},
          {"reference": "libapache2-mod-php5filter"},
          {"reference": "libphp5-embed"},
          {"reference": "php-pear"},
          {"reference": "php5"},
          {"reference": "php5-cgi"},
          {"reference": "php5-cli"},
          {"reference": "php5-common"},
          {"reference": "php5-curl"},
          {"reference": "php5-dbg"},
          {"reference": "php5-dev"},
          {"reference": "php5-enchant"},
          {"reference": "php5-fpm"},
          {"reference": "php5-gd"},
          {"reference": "php5-gmp"},
          {"reference": "php5-intl"},
          {"reference": "php5-ldap"},
          {"reference": "php5-mysql"},
          {"reference": "php5-mysqlnd"},
          {"reference": "php5-odbc"},
          {"reference": "php5-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "php5-pspell"},
          {"reference": "php5-readline"},
          {"reference": "php5-recode"},
          {"reference": "php5-snmp"},
          {"reference": "php5-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "php5-sybase"},
          {"reference": "php5-tidy"},
          {"reference": "php5-xmlrpc"},
          {"reference": "php5-xsl"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libapache2-mod-php7.0"},
          {"reference": "libphp7.0-embed"},
          {"reference": "php7.0"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-bcmath"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-bz2"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-cgi"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-cli"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-common"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-curl"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-dev"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-enchant"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-fpm"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-gd"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-gmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-imap"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-interbase"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-intl"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-json"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-ldap"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-mbstring"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-mcrypt"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-mysql"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-odbc"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-opcache"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-phpdbg"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-pspell"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-readline"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-recode"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-snmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-soap"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-sqlite3"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-sybase"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-tidy"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-xml"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-xmlrpc"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-xsl"},
          {"reference": "php7.0-zip"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libapache2-mod-php7.2"},
          {"reference": "libphp7.2-embed"},
          {"reference": "php7.2"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-bcmath"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-bz2"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-cgi"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-cli"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-common"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-curl"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-dba"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-dev"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-enchant"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-fpm"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-gd"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-gmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-imap"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-interbase"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-intl"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-json"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-ldap"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-mbstring"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-mysql"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-odbc"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-opcache"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-phpdbg"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-pspell"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-readline"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-recode"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-snmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-soap"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-sqlite3"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-sybase"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-tidy"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-xml"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-xmlrpc"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-xsl"},
          {"reference": "php7.2-zip"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libapache2-mod-php7.4"},
          {"reference": "libphp7.4-embed"},
          {"reference": "php7.4"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-bcmath"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-bz2"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-cgi"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-cli"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-common"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-curl"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-dba"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-dev"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-enchant"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-fpm"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-gd"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-gmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-imap"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-interbase"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-intl"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-json"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-ldap"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-mbstring"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-mysql"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-odbc"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-opcache"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-phpdbg"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-pspell"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-readline"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-snmp"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-soap"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-sqlite3"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-sybase"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-tidy"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-xml"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-xmlrpc"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-xsl"},
          {"reference": "php7.4-zip"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}