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RockyLinux 10 : gpsd (RLSA-2026:0770)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 294846
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0770 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.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:0770
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 294846
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0770.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/21/2026
Updated: 1/21/2026
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: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-clients, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gpsd-clients-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-gpsd-debuginfo
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: 1/21/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-67268, CVE-2025-67269