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Google: sys-apps/net-tools: security update to 18244.382.22

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451093

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - net-tools is a collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the
 Linux operating system. Inn versions up to and including 2.10, the Linux network utilities (like ifconfig)
 from the net-tools package do not properly validate the structure of /proc files when showing interfaces.
 `get_name()` in `interface.c` copies interface labels from `/proc/net/dev` into a fixed 16-byte stack
 buffer without bounds checking, leading to possible arbitrary code execution or crash. The known attack
 path does not require privilege but also does not provide privilege escalation in this scenario. A patch
 is available and expected to be part of version 2.20. (CVE-2025-46836)

Solution

Update the sys-apps/net-tools library and its related packages to version 18244.382.22 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451093

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.77

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46836