| Name | CVE-2025-68920 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1123025 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ckermit (PTS) | bullseye | 305~alpha02-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 402~beta08-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 416~beta12-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 416~beta12-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ckermit | source | (unstable) | 416~beta12-5 | | | 1123025 |
Notes
[trixie] - ckermit <no-dsa> (Minor issue; documented; can be fixed via point release)
[bookworm] - ckermit <no-dsa> (Minor issue; documented; can be fixed via point release)
[bullseye] - ckermit <postponed> (Minor issue; documented)
https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20