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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GPSd vulnerabilities (USN-7948-1)

🗓️ 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 3 Views

GPSd vulnerabilities on Ubuntu expose denial of service or code execution via NMEA2000 and NAVCOM.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7948-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(282531);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-67268", "CVE-2025-67269");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7948-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0033");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GPSd vulnerabilities (USN-7948-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7948-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled processing NMEA2000 packets. An attacker could use this
    issue to cause GPSd to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2025-67268)

    It was discovered that GPSd incorrectly handled processing NAVCOM packets. An attacker could possibly use
    this issue to cause GPSd to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-67269)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7948-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-67268");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/01/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd-clients");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgps30t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libqgpsmm30t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-gps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04 / 25.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-clients', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-tools', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps-dev', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps28', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm-dev', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm28', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-gps', 'pkgver': '3.22-4ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-clients', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-tools', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-gps', 'pkgver': '3.25-3ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-clients', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-tools', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libgps30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-gps', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gpsd', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-clients', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'gpsd-tools', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libgps-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libgps30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm-dev', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libqgpsmm30t64', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'python3-gps', 'pkgver': '3.25-5ubuntu1.25.10.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gpsd / gpsd-clients / gpsd-tools / libgps-dev / libgps28 / etc');
}

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17 Feb 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.00674
SSVC
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