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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69421

🗓️ 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Unpatched OpenSSL vulnerability in PKCS twelve handling may crash via NULL pointer dereference, causing denial of service.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

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  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.

  - Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the
    PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash
    which leads to Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files. The
    PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function does not check whether the oct parameter is NULL before
    dereferencing it. When called from PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata() with a malformed PKCS#12 file, this parameter
    can be NULL, causing a crash. The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service and cannot be escalated to
    achieve code execution or memory disclosure. Exploiting this issue requires an attacker to provide a
    malformed PKCS#12 file to an application that processes it. For that reason the issue was assessed as Low
    severity according to our Security Policy. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected
    by this issue, as the PKCS#12 implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6,
    3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. (CVE-2025-69421)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69421");
  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:N/I:N/A:C");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
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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/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "nodejs"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "nodejs"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "nodejs"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "edk2-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "edk2-ovmf"},
          {"reference": "edk2-tools"},
          {"reference": "edk2-tools-doc"},
          {"reference": "mokutil"},
          {"reference": "shim-aa64"},
          {"reference": "shim-unsigned-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "shim-unsigned-x64"},
          {"reference": "shim-x64"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-devel"},
          {"reference": "openssl-perl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-static"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "AAVMF"},
          {"reference": "OVMF"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-devel"},
          {"reference": "openssl-libs"},
          {"reference": "openssl-perl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-static"},
          {"reference": "ovmf"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "AAVMF"},
          {"reference": "OVMF"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-devel"},
          {"reference": "openssl-libs"},
          {"reference": "openssl-perl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-static"},
          {"reference": "ovmf"}
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  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "8",
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          {"reference": "compat-openssl10"},
          {"reference": "edk2"},
          {"reference": "edk2-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "edk2-ovmf"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-openssl"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-devel"},
          {"reference": "openssl-libs"},
          {"reference": "openssl-perl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-static"},
          {"reference": "shim"},
          {"reference": "shim-aa64"},
          {"reference": "shim-ia32"},
          {"reference": "shim-unsigned-x64"},
          {"reference": "shim-x64"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "compat-openssl10"},
          {"reference": "edk2"},
          {"reference": "edk2-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "edk2-ovmf"},
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          {"reference": "mingw64-openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
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  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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          {"reference": "shim-unsigned-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "shim-unsigned-x64"},
          {"reference": "shim-x64"}
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  }
};

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');
}

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25 Feb 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00844
SSVC
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