A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has binutils packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. This affects the     function debug_type_samep of the file /binutils/debug.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads     to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to     the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-5245)

  - A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file     bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is     called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The     code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11082)

  - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in     the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The     identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended     to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11083)

  - A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this     issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads     to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public     and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the     affected component. (CVE-2025-5244)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:23306 advisory.

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082)
      * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083)

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

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The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:23306 advisory.

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082)

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083)

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

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The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-23306 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-11082
    - CVE-2025-11083       Reviewed-by: David Faust <david.faust@oracle.com>       Oracle history:
      September-29-2025 David Faust <david.faust@oracle.com> - 2.41-58.0.1
      - Forward-port Oracle patches to 2.41-58.
        Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>       August-29-2025 Bruce McCulloch <bruce.mcculloch@oracle.com> - 2.41-57.0.1
      - Forward-port Oracle patches to 2.41-57.
        Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>       Jun-04-2025 Bruce McCulloch <bruce.mcculloch@oracle.com> - 2.41-53.0.3
      - Add binutils-orabug-38018827.patch.
        - Fix ctf_dict_open clobbering errno.
        - Backport of upstream commit:
          - 14303d6295e libctf: archive, open: when opening, always set errp to             something.
        - [Orabug: 38018827]
      - Add binutils-orabug-38018828.patch.
        - In kernel links, properly hide CTF types only if conflicting.
        - Backport of upstream commits:
          - 75e514cfa56 Revert 'libctf: fix linking of non-root-visible types'
          - 002957be18e libctf: dedup: improve hiding of conflicting types in the             same dict
        - [Orabug: 38018828]         Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>         Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>         Reviewed-by: Elena Zannoni <elena.zannoni@oracle.com>       May-28-2025 Vladimir Mezentsev  <vladimir.mezentsev@oracle.com> - 2.41-53.0.2
      - Backported updates for gprofng.
        Reviewed-by: Bruce McCulloch <bruce.mcculloch@oracle.com>       April-02-2025 Bruce McCulloch  <bruce.mcculloch@oracle.com> - 2.41-53.0.1
      - Merge Oracle patches to 2.41-53.
        Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>       November-28-2024 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com> - 2.41-45.0.1
      - Latest CTF changes from upstream
        - add ctf_dict_set_flag, ctf_lookup_enumerator, ctf_lookup_enumerator_next,           ctf_arc_lookup_enumerator_next; consider enums with differing enumerators           to be conflicting
       - add documentation to ctf-api.h
       - allow modification of ctf_opened dicts and opening of foreign-          endian older dicts
       - looking up types by name prefers non-bitfields if possible
       - bugfixes to parent propagation, rewriting of existing dicts,          ctf_archive_count, CU-mapped links, and dumping and linking of          non-root-visible types.
       - fix a bunch of small leaks and one big one (on ctf_open error)
       - fix a write into freed memory after ctf_rollback and writeout
       - internal improvements to serialization, name lookup, symbol          lookup, string handling, and more
      - explicitly disable zstd support (enabling requires addition of zstd to         the .so scripts)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:23306 advisory.

    The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in     various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf,     size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

    Security Fix(es):

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082)

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:23405 advisory.

    The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in     various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf,     size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

    Security Fix(es):

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082)

    * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 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-7919-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GNU binutils' dump_dwarf_section function could be manipulated to perform an out-     of-bounds read. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting     in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11081)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. A local attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu     16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11082)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 25.10.
    (CVE-2025-11083)

    It was discovered that certain GNU binutils functions could be manipulated to perform out-of-bounds reads.
    A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. (CVE-2025-11412, CVE-2025-11413, CVE-2025-11414)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils' _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections function could be manipulated to     perform an out-of-bounds read. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to     crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11494)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils' elf_x86_64_relocate_section function could be manipulated to cause a     heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash,     resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 25.04 and Ubuntu 25.10.
    (CVE-2025-11495)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7847-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. The attack is restricted to local execution.
    (CVE-2025-11082)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-5244, CVE-2025-5245,     CVE-2025-7554)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause crash, execute arbitrary code or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-1147)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1148, CVE-2025-3198, CVE-2025-8225

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-1182)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbritrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2025-7546)

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.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988597 advisory.

    A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file     bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is     called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The     code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-0e1e9728f0 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2025-11082, CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-11494, CVE-2025-11495.

    ----

    Update to binutils-2.45.

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

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The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-d4476478fd advisory.

    Fix CVS 2025-11082 and 2025-11083.

    + conditional for explicit BR tcl/tk 8     + dummy rpm check section.

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

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The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-10c80b93e9 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2025-11082, CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-11494, CVE-2025-11495.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-d22287ec14 advisory.

    Fix CVS 2025-11082 and 2025-11083.

    + conditional for explicit BR tcl/tk 8     + dummy rpm check section.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5abaff3fcb advisory.

    Fix CVS 2025-11082 and 2025-11083.

    + conditional for explicit BR tcl/tk 8     + dummy rpm check section.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file     bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is     called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The     code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11082)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
280102	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0255)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
279608	AlmaLinux 10 : binutils (ALSA-2025:23306)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
279473	RockyLinux 10 : binutils (RLSA-2025:23306)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
279467	Oracle Linux 10 : binutils (ELSA-2025-23306)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
279092	RHEL 10 : binutils (RHSA-2025:23306)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
279085	RHEL 10 : binutils (RHSA-2025:23405)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
278292	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-7919-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
272033	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-7847-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
271725	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: gdb (UTSA-2025-988597)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
271471	Fedora 43 : mingw-binutils (2025-0e1e9728f0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
271462	Fedora 43 : insight (2025-d4476478fd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
270764	Fedora 42 : mingw-binutils (2025-10c80b93e9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
269775	Fedora 41 : insight (2025-d22287ec14)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
269757	Fedora 42 : insight (2025-5abaff3fcb)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
266086	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11082	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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