Red Hat Security Advisory: iputils security update
The iputils packages contain basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. Security Fix(es): * iputils: iputils integer overflow (CVE-2025-48964) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The iputils package contains basic network monitoring utilities such as ping. A security flaw identified as an integer overflow (CVE-2025-48964) affects iputils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants. Red Hat Product Security has released an advisory (RHSA-2025:17560) describing this vulnerability and providing updated packages to fix the issue. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate and directs users to apply the update to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The integer overflow vulnerability in iputils could potentially lead to unexpected behavior or crashes in the affected utilities. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated iputils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants to fix this integer overflow vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:17560 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: iputils security update
Description
The iputils packages contain basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. Security Fix(es): * iputils: iputils integer overflow (CVE-2025-48964) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
The iputils package contains basic network monitoring utilities such as ping. A security flaw identified as an integer overflow (CVE-2025-48964) affects iputils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants. Red Hat Product Security has released an advisory (RHSA-2025:17560) describing this vulnerability and providing updated packages to fix the issue. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate and directs users to apply the update to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The integer overflow vulnerability in iputils could potentially lead to unexpected behavior or crashes in the affected utilities. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated iputils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants to fix this integer overflow vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:17560 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:17560
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1e14853345fc182bfdb
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:13 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:28:35 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 14
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