RockyLinux 9 : gpsd-minimal (RLSA-2026:0771)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 293769

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0771 advisory.

* gpsd: gpsd: Denial of Service due to malformed NAVCOM packet parsing (CVE-2025-67269)

* gpsd: gpsd: Arbitrary code execution via heap-based out-of-bounds write in NMEA2000 packet handling (CVE-2025-67268)

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 293769

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0771.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-67268

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:gpsd-minimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-minimal-clients-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-minimal-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-minimal-clients

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2026

Reference Information

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

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