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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GPSd vulnerabilities (USN-7948-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 282531

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7948-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled processing NMEA2000 packets. An attacker could use this issue to cause GPSd to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2025-67268)

 It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled processing NAVCOM packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GPSd to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67269)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7948-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 282531

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7948-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2026

Updated: 1/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67268

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd-clients, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps28, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm28, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-gps, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps30t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm30t64

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67268, CVE-2025-67269

USN: 7948-1