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TI-2025-29798 Aliases CVE-2025-47268GHSA-c2mm-9c32-xc37

Integer overflow in iputils

Priority HIGH 68CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 7 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

ping in iputils before 20250602 allows a denial of service (application error or incorrect data collection) via a crafted ICMP Echo Reply packet, because of a signed 64-bit integer overflow in timestamp multiplication.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01775 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial iputils (iputils): 20250602Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 7 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
iputilsiputilsbefore 2025060220250602Patch availableCNA
  • iputils Vendoriputils Affected before 20250602 Fixed in 20250602 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:iputils:iputils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 20250602Vulnerableiputils
  • cpe:2.3:a:iputils:iputils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 20250602 Vulnerable ·iputils

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA iputils (iputils) Fixed in 20250602

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:11320 Released 2025-07-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    iputils security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) iputils-ninfod-20210202-9.el9_4.3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) iputils-20210202-9.el9_4.3
  • RHSA-2025:11321 Released 2025-07-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    iputils security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) iputils-ninfod-20210202-8.el9_2.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) iputils-20210202-8.el9_2.2
  • RHSA-2025:9432 Released 2025-06-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    iputils security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) iputils-ninfod-20210202-11.el9_6.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) iputils-20210202-11.el9_6.1
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2025:9421 Released 2025-06-24 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    iputils security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) iputils-20240905-2.el10_0.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:9432
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:11321
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:11320
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2025:9421
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2025:9432
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:11321
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:11320

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-47268
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2mm-9c32-xc37

References

Exploit 3

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2000-01201 ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2000-01202 Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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