Red Hat Security Advisory: iptraf-ng security update
A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-52949) has been identified in iptraf-ng, a console-based network monitoring utility included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. This vulnerability is located in the ifaces. c component of iptraf-ng. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:7064) rating the impact as moderate and has released updated packages to address the issue. The vulnerability affects multiple architectures and versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-52949 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ifaces.c source file of iptraf-ng, a network monitoring tool included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The flaw could potentially allow an attacker to cause memory corruption. Red Hat Product Security has classified this issue as moderate severity and has released updated iptraf-ng packages (version 1.2.2-1.el9) to remediate the vulnerability. The advisory covers various architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The update is part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 security errata RHSA-2025:7064.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow in iptraf-ng, potentially leading to memory corruption. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The affected software is a network monitoring utility, which may be used by system administrators. Successful exploitation could impact system stability or security depending on the context of use.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated iptraf-ng packages that fix the buffer overflow vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the security update provided in advisory RHSA-2025:7064 promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory: iptraf-ng security update
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-52949) has been identified in iptraf-ng, a console-based network monitoring utility included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. This vulnerability is located in the ifaces. c component of iptraf-ng. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:7064) rating the impact as moderate and has released updated packages to address the issue. The vulnerability affects multiple architectures and versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-52949 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ifaces.c source file of iptraf-ng, a network monitoring tool included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The flaw could potentially allow an attacker to cause memory corruption. Red Hat Product Security has classified this issue as moderate severity and has released updated iptraf-ng packages (version 1.2.2-1.el9) to remediate the vulnerability. The advisory covers various architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The update is part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 security errata RHSA-2025:7064.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow in iptraf-ng, potentially leading to memory corruption. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild. The affected software is a network monitoring utility, which may be used by system administrators. Successful exploitation could impact system stability or security depending on the context of use.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated iptraf-ng packages that fix the buffer overflow vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the security update provided in advisory RHSA-2025:7064 promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:7064
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b50083db7
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:37 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:19:30 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:02:42 AM
Views: 5
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