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Ubuntu 25.04: iputils Important IP Packet Resource Crash Risk USN-7670-1

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Advisory DSA-5012-1 addresses a critical libcurl vulnerability that may lead to data exposure.
iputils could be made to consume resources and crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important resource consumption iputils

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

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7670-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important resource consumption iputils

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

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