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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7670-1
July 24, 2025

iputils vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

iputils could be made to consume resources and crash if it received
specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- iputils: Small utilities for Linux Networking

Details:

It was discovered that the iputils ping utility incorrectly handled
certain ICMP Echo Reply packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause iputils to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  iputils-ping                    3:20240905-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  iputils-ping                    3:20240117-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  iputils-ping                    3:20211215-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7670-1
  CVE-2025-47268, CVE-2025-48964

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/3:20240905-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/3:20240117-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/3:20211215-1ubuntu0.1