RHEL 9 : iptraf-ng (RHSA-2025:7064)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235811

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for iptraf-ng.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7064 advisory.

IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility which includes an IP traffic monitor, a TCP and UDP service monitor, and a LAN statistics module. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, ISDN, SLIP, PPP, and loopback interfaces as well as the built-in raw socket interface of the Linux kernel.

Security Fix(es):

* iptraf-ng: buffer overflow via ifaces.c (CVE-2024-52949)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL iptraf-ng package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:7064.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235811

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-7064.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 5/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2024-52949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:iptraf-ng, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52949

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2025:7064

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