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Oracle Linux 10 : gpsd (ELSA-2026-0770)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 294876

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0770 advisory.

 - fix buffer overflow in NMEA2000 driver (CVE-2025-67268)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 gpsd, gpsd-clients and / or python3-gpsd packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0770.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 294876

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-0770.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2026

Updated: 1/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:gpsd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gpsd-clients

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0033