ubuntu-cve-2025-68920
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-12-24 22:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:23
Summary
Details

C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

Severity
8.9 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
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          {
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            "binary_version": "302-5build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ckermit",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckermit@302-5build1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "302-5",
        "302-5build1"
      ]
    },
    {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ckermit",
            "binary_version": "302-5.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "ckermit",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckermit@302-5.3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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        {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "ckermit",
            "binary_version": "305~alpha07-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "ckermit",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckermit@305~alpha07-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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        {
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        "305~alpha04-1",
        "305~alpha05-1",
        "305~alpha05-1build1",
        "305~alpha06-1",
        "305~alpha07-1"
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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            "binary_name": "ckermit",
            "binary_version": "408~beta11.20240207-1build2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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      },
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        }
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        "405~beta10-2",
        "408~beta11.20240207-1",
        "408~beta11.20240207-1build1",
        "408~beta11.20240207-1build2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ckermit",
            "binary_version": "416~beta12-1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckermit@416~beta12-1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
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            }
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      ],
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        "416~beta12-1",
        "416~beta12-1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ckermit",
            "binary_version": "416~beta12-3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "ckermit",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckermit@416~beta12-3?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "416~beta12-1.1",
        "416~beta12-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68920",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:23:53Z",
  "published": "2025-12-24T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68920"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68920"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1123025"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.complete.org/kermit/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-68920"
  ]
}



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