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Oracle Linux 10 : iputils (ELSA-2026-18162)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 327012

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-18162 advisory.

 [20240905-5]
 - Fix CVE-2025-48964 iputils: iputils integer overflow (RHEL-115832)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 iputils package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-18162.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 327012

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-18162.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2026

Updated: 7/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.71

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48964

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iputils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48964