AlmaLinux 9 : iputils (ALSA-2025:17558)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270131

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:17558 advisory.

* iputils: iputils integer overflow (CVE-2025-48964)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected iputils and / or iputils-ninfod packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 270131

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-17558.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2025

Updated: 10/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48964

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iputils, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:iputils-ninfod, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48964

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2025:17558

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