UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46836

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46836
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46836.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-46836
Related
Published
2025-05-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-05-15T16:36:29Z
Summary
[none]
Details

net-tools is a collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system. Inn versions up to and including 2.10, the Linux network utilities (like ifconfig) from the net-tools package do not properly validate the structure of /proc files when showing interfaces. get_name() in interface.c copies interface labels from /proc/net/dev into a fixed 16-byte stack buffer without bounds checking, leading to possible arbitrary code execution or crash. The known attack path does not require privilege but also does not provide privilege escalation in this scenario. A patch is available and expected to be part of version 2.20.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@1.60-25ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.60-25ubuntu1
1.60-25ubuntu2
1.60-25ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@1.60-26ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.60-26ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@1.60+git20161116.90da8a0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.60+git20161116.90da8a0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu5?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu2
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu3
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu4
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@2.10-1.1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.10-0.1ubuntu4
2.10-1.1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@2.10-0.1ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.10-0.1ubuntu3
2.10-0.1ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/net-tools@2.10-1.1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.10-1.1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}