Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update
The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), including an SNMP library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command which uses SNMP, and a Tk/Perl Management Information Base (MIB) browser. Security Fix(es): * net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd (CVE-2025-68615) 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 Summary
The net-snmp packages, which provide libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), contain a buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-68615) in the snmptrapd daemon. This vulnerability is triggered by processing a specially crafted packet, leading to a crash of the snmptrapd process. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as important and released updated net-snmp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to fix the flaw. The advisory references Red Hat errata RHSA-2026:0668 and provides updated package versions to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause the snmptrapd daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided information. The impact is limited to service disruption of SNMP trap handling on affected systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated net-snmp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that fix this buffer overflow vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0668 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update
Description
The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), including an SNMP library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command which uses SNMP, and a Tk/Perl Management Information Base (MIB) browser. Security Fix(es): * net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd (CVE-2025-68615) 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 net-snmp packages, which provide libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), contain a buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-68615) in the snmptrapd daemon. This vulnerability is triggered by processing a specially crafted packet, leading to a crash of the snmptrapd process. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as important and released updated net-snmp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to fix the flaw. The advisory references Red Hat errata RHSA-2026:0668 and provides updated package versions to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause the snmptrapd daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided information. The impact is limited to service disruption of SNMP trap handling on affected systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated net-snmp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that fix this buffer overflow vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0668 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:0851
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a27e99f8dd33fbd8516d260
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:27 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 10:56:08 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC
Views: 82
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