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Fedora 41 : giflib (2025-6e1b672fbf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234710

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-6e1b672fbf advisory.

 Backport proposed fix for CVE-2025-31344 from OpenMandriva.

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 Install gif_getarg.h header.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 giflib package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-6e1b672fbf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234710

File Name: fedora_2025-6e1b672fbf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2025

Updated: 4/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:giflib, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31344