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RockyLinux 10 : net-snmp (RLSA-2026:0668)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291285

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0668 advisory.

 * net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd (CVE-2025-68615)

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

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:0668

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424618

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291285

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-perl-module, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-agent-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-utils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-perl-module-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:net-snmp-agent-libs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68615