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".

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 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.

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 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.

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 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-e14cb89c28 advisory.

    Automatic update for avr-binutils-2.45-4.fc44.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Mon Oct 20 2025 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 1:2.45-4
    - fix CVE-2025-11083: heap-based overflow (rhbz#2400336)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 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 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)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
272033	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-7847-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu 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
270868	Fedora 44 : avr-binutils (2025-e14cb89c28)	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
266084	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11083	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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