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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68615

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279623

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2. (CVE-2025-68615)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-68615

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279623

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_68615.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/23/2025

Updated: 2/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68615