SB20251008158 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for iputils
Published: October 8, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20251008158
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48964)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in ping. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ICMP Echo Reply packet to trigger an integer overflow and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.