A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bfd_malloc of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability
    affects the function bfd_malloc of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory
    leak. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation
    appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended
    to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the
    leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the
    reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master." (CVE-2025-1150)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:21195-1 advisory.

    Changes in binutils:

    - Update to current 2.45 branch at 94cb1c075 to include fix       for PR33584 (a problem related to LTO vs fortran COMMON       blocks).

    - Do not enable '-z gcs=implicit' on aarch64 for old codestreams.

    Update to version 2.45:

      * New versioned release of libsframe.so.2
      * s390: tools now support SFrame format 2; recognize z17 as CPU         name [bsc#1247105, jsc#IBM-1485]
      * sframe sections are now of ELF section type SHT_GNU_SFRAME.
      * sframe secions generated by the assembler have         SFRAME_F_FDE_FUNC_START_PCREL set.
      * riscv: Support more extensions: standard: Zicfiss v1.0, Zicfilp v1.0,         Zcmp v1.0, Zcmt v1.0, Smrnmi v1.0, S[sm]dbltrp v1.0, S[sm]ctr v1.0,         ssqosid v1.0, ssnpm v1.0, smnpm v1.0, smmpm v1.0, sspm v1.0, supm v1.0,         sha v1.0, zce v1.0, smcdeleg v1.0, ssccfg v1.0, svvptc v1.0, zilsd v1.0,         zclsd v1.0, smrnmi v1.0;
        vendor: CORE-V, xcvbitmanip v1.0 and xcvsimd v1.0;
        SiFive, xsfvqmaccdod v1.0, xsfvqmaccqoqv1.0 and xsfvfnrclipxfqf v1.0;
        T-Head: xtheadvdot v1.0;
        MIPS: xmipscbop v1.0, xmipscmov v1.0, xmipsexectl v1.0, xmipslsp v1.0.
      * Support RISC-V privileged version 1.13, profiles 20/22/23, and         .bfloat16 directive.
      * x86: Add support for these ISAs: Intel Diamond Rapids AMX, MOVRS,         AVX10.2 (including SM4), MSR_IMM; Zhaoxin PadLock PHE2, RNG2, GMI, XMODX.
        Drop support for  AVX10.2 256 bit rounding.
      * arm: Add support for most of Armv9.6, enabled by -march=armv9.6-a and         extensions '+cmpbr', '+f8f16mm', '+f8f32mm', '+fprcvt', '+lsfe', '+lsui',         '+occmo', '+pops', '+sme2p2', '+ssve-aes', '+sve-aes', '+sve-aes2',         '+sve-bfscale', '+sve-f16f32mm' and '+sve2p2'.
      * Predefined symbols GAS(version) and, on non-release builds, GAS(date)         are now being made available.
      * Add .errif and .warnif directives.
      * linker:
        - Add --image-base=<ADDR> option to the ELF linker to behave the same           as -Ttext-segment for compatibility with LLD.
        - Add support for mixed LTO and non-LTO codes in relocatable output.
        - s390: linker generates .eh_frame and/or .sframe for linker           generated .plt sections by default (can be disabled           by --no-ld-generated-unwind-info).
        - riscv: add new PLT formats, and GNU property merge rules for zicfiss           and zicfilp extensions.
    - gold is no longer included

    - Contains fixes for these non-CVEs (not security bugs per upstreams       SECURITY.md):

      * bsc#1236632 aka CVE-2025-0840 aka PR32560
      * bsc#1236977 aka CVE-2025-1149 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236978 aka CVE-2025-1148 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236999 aka CVE-2025-1176 aka PR32636
      * bsc#1237000 aka CVE-2025-1153 aka PR32603
      * bsc#1237001 aka CVE-2025-1152 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237003 aka CVE-2025-1151 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237005 aka CVE-2025-1150 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237018 aka CVE-2025-1178 aka PR32638
      * bsc#1237019 aka CVE-2025-1181 aka PR32643
      * bsc#1237020 aka CVE-2025-1180 aka PR32642
      * bsc#1237021 aka CVE-2025-1179 aka PR32640
      * bsc#1237042 aka CVE-2025-1182 aka PR32644
      * bsc#1240870 aka CVE-2025-3198 aka PR32716
      * bsc#1243756 aka CVE-2025-5244 aka PR32858
      * bsc#1243760 aka CVE-2025-5245 aka PR32829
      * bsc#1246481 aka CVE-2025-7545 aka PR33049
      * bsc#1246486 aka CVE-2025-7546 aka PR33050
      * bsc#1247114 aka CVE-2025-8224 aka PR32109
      * bsc#1247117 aka CVE-2025-8225 no PR
      * bsc#1236976 aka CVE-2025-1147 aka PR32556
      * bsc#1250632 aka CVE-2025-11083 aka PR33457
      * bsc#1251275 aka CVE-2025-11412 aka PR33452
      * bsc#1251276 aka CVE-2025-11413 aka PR33456
      * bsc#1251277 aka CVE-2025-11414 aka PR33450
      * bsc#1251794 aka CVE-2025-11494 aka PR33499
      * bsc#1251795 aka CVE-2025-11495 aka PR33502       binutils-2.43-branch.diff.gz

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1 advisory.

    Changes in binutils:

    - Update to current 2.45 branch at 94cb1c075 to include fix       for PR33584 (a problem related to LTO vs fortran COMMON       blocks).

    - Do not enable '-z gcs=implicit' on aarch64 for old codestreams.

    Update to version 2.45:

      * New versioned release of libsframe.so.2
      * s390: tools now support SFrame format 2; recognize z17 as CPU         name [bsc#1247105, jsc#IBM-1485]
      * sframe sections are now of ELF section type SHT_GNU_SFRAME.
      * sframe secions generated by the assembler have         SFRAME_F_FDE_FUNC_START_PCREL set.
      * riscv: Support more extensions: standard: Zicfiss v1.0, Zicfilp v1.0,         Zcmp v1.0, Zcmt v1.0, Smrnmi v1.0, S[sm]dbltrp v1.0, S[sm]ctr v1.0,         ssqosid v1.0, ssnpm v1.0, smnpm v1.0, smmpm v1.0, sspm v1.0, supm v1.0,         sha v1.0, zce v1.0, smcdeleg v1.0, ssccfg v1.0, svvptc v1.0, zilsd v1.0,         zclsd v1.0, smrnmi v1.0;
        vendor: CORE-V, xcvbitmanip v1.0 and xcvsimd v1.0;
        SiFive, xsfvqmaccdod v1.0, xsfvqmaccqoqv1.0 and xsfvfnrclipxfqf v1.0;
        T-Head: xtheadvdot v1.0;
        MIPS: xmipscbop v1.0, xmipscmov v1.0, xmipsexectl v1.0, xmipslsp v1.0.
      * Support RISC-V privileged version 1.13, profiles 20/22/23, and         .bfloat16 directive.
      * x86: Add support for these ISAs: Intel Diamond Rapids AMX, MOVRS,         AVX10.2 (including SM4), MSR_IMM; Zhaoxin PadLock PHE2, RNG2, GMI, XMODX.
        Drop support for  AVX10.2 256 bit rounding.
      * arm: Add support for most of Armv9.6, enabled by -march=armv9.6-a and         extensions '+cmpbr', '+f8f16mm', '+f8f32mm', '+fprcvt', '+lsfe', '+lsui',         '+occmo', '+pops', '+sme2p2', '+ssve-aes', '+sve-aes', '+sve-aes2',         '+sve-bfscale', '+sve-f16f32mm' and '+sve2p2'.
      * Predefined symbols GAS(version) and, on non-release builds, GAS(date)         are now being made available.
      * Add .errif and .warnif directives.
      * linker:
        - Add --image-base=<ADDR> option to the ELF linker to behave the same           as -Ttext-segment for compatibility with LLD.
        - Add support for mixed LTO and non-LTO codes in relocatable output.
        - s390: linker generates .eh_frame and/or .sframe for linker           generated .plt sections by default (can be disabled           by --no-ld-generated-unwind-info).
        - riscv: add new PLT formats, and GNU property merge rules for zicfiss           and zicfilp extensions.
    - gold is no longer included

    - Contains fixes for these non-CVEs (not security bugs per upstreams       SECURITY.md):

      * bsc#1236632 aka CVE-2025-0840 aka PR32560
      * bsc#1236977 aka CVE-2025-1149 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236978 aka CVE-2025-1148 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236999 aka CVE-2025-1176 aka PR32636
      * bsc#1237000 aka CVE-2025-1153 aka PR32603
      * bsc#1237001 aka CVE-2025-1152 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237003 aka CVE-2025-1151 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237005 aka CVE-2025-1150 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237018 aka CVE-2025-1178 aka PR32638
      * bsc#1237019 aka CVE-2025-1181 aka PR32643
      * bsc#1237020 aka CVE-2025-1180 aka PR32642
      * bsc#1237021 aka CVE-2025-1179 aka PR32640
      * bsc#1237042 aka CVE-2025-1182 aka PR32644
      * bsc#1240870 aka CVE-2025-3198 aka PR32716
      * bsc#1243756 aka CVE-2025-5244 aka PR32858
      * bsc#1243760 aka CVE-2025-5245 aka PR32829
      * bsc#1246481 aka CVE-2025-7545 aka PR33049
      * bsc#1246486 aka CVE-2025-7546 aka PR33050
      * bsc#1247114 aka CVE-2025-8224 aka PR32109
      * bsc#1247117 aka CVE-2025-8225 no PR
      * bsc#1236976 aka CVE-2025-1147 aka PR32556
      * bsc#1250632 aka CVE-2025-11083 aka PR33457
      * bsc#1251275 aka CVE-2025-11412 aka PR33452
      * bsc#1251276 aka CVE-2025-11413 aka PR33456
      * bsc#1251277 aka CVE-2025-11414 aka PR33450
      * bsc#1251794 aka CVE-2025-11494 aka PR33499
      * bsc#1251795 aka CVE-2025-11495 aka PR33502       binutils-2.43-branch.diff.gz

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4096-1 advisory.

    - Do not enable '-z gcs=implicit' on aarch64 for old codestreams.

    Update to version 2.45:

      * New versioned release of libsframe.so.2
      * s390: tools now support SFrame format 2; recognize 'z17' as CPU         name [bsc#1247105, jsc#IBM-1485]
      * sframe sections are now of ELF section type SHT_GNU_SFRAME.
      * sframe secions generated by the assembler have         SFRAME_F_FDE_FUNC_START_PCREL set.
      * riscv: Support more extensions: standard: Zicfiss v1.0, Zicfilp v1.0,         Zcmp v1.0, Zcmt v1.0, Smrnmi v1.0, S[sm]dbltrp v1.0, S[sm]ctr v1.0,         ssqosid v1.0, ssnpm v1.0, smnpm v1.0, smmpm v1.0, sspm v1.0, supm v1.0,         sha v1.0, zce v1.0, smcdeleg v1.0, ssccfg v1.0, svvptc v1.0, zilsd v1.0,         zclsd v1.0, smrnmi v1.0;
        vendor: CORE-V, xcvbitmanip v1.0 and xcvsimd v1.0;
        SiFive, xsfvqmaccdod v1.0, xsfvqmaccqoqv1.0 and xsfvfnrclipxfqf v1.0;
        T-Head: xtheadvdot v1.0;
        MIPS: xmipscbop v1.0, xmipscmov v1.0, xmipsexectl v1.0, xmipslsp v1.0.
      * Support RISC-V privileged version 1.13, profiles 20/22/23, and         .bfloat16 directive.
      * x86: Add support for these ISAs: Intel Diamond Rapids AMX, MOVRS,         AVX10.2 (including SM4), MSR_IMM; Zhaoxin PadLock PHE2, RNG2, GMI, XMODX.
        Drop support for  AVX10.2 256 bit rounding.
      * arm: Add support for most of Armv9.6, enabled by -march=armv9.6-a and         extensions '+cmpbr', '+f8f16mm', '+f8f32mm', '+fprcvt', '+lsfe', '+lsui',         '+occmo', '+pops', '+sme2p2', '+ssve-aes', '+sve-aes', '+sve-aes2',         '+sve-bfscale', '+sve-f16f32mm' and '+sve2p2'.
      * Predefined symbols 'GAS(version)' and, on non-release builds, 'GAS(date)'         are now being made available.
      * Add .errif and .warnif directives.
      * linker:
        - Add --image-base=<ADDR> option to the ELF linker to behave the same           as -Ttext-segment for compatibility with LLD.
        - Add support for mixed LTO and non-LTO codes in relocatable output.
        - s390: linker generates .eh_frame and/or .sframe for linker           generated .plt sections by default (can be disabled           by --no-ld-generated-unwind-info).
        - riscv: add new PLT formats, and GNU property merge rules for zicfiss           and zicfilp extensions.
    - gold is no longer included
    - Contains fixes for these non-CVEs (not security bugs per upstreams SECURITY.md):

      * bsc#1236632 aka CVE-2025-0840 aka PR32650
      * bsc#1236977 aka CVE-2025-1149 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236978 aka CVE-2025-1148 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1236999 aka CVE-2025-1176 aka PR32636
      * bsc#1237000 aka CVE-2025-1153 aka PR32603
      * bsc#1237001 aka CVE-2025-1152 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237003 aka CVE-2025-1151 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237005 aka CVE-2025-1150 aka PR32576
      * bsc#1237018 aka CVE-2025-1178 aka PR32638
      * bsc#1237019 aka CVE-2025-1181 aka PR32643
      * bsc#1237020 aka CVE-2025-1180 aka PR32642
      * bsc#1237021 aka CVE-2025-1179 aka PR32640
      * bsc#1237042 aka CVE-2025-1182 aka PR32644
      * bsc#1240870 aka CVE-2025-3198 aka PR32716
      * bsc#1243756 aka CVE-2025-5244 aka PR32858
      * bsc#1243760 aka CVE-2025-5245 aka PR32829
      * bsc#1246481 aka CVE-2025-7545 aka PR33049
      * bsc#1246486 aka CVE-2025-7546 aka PR33050
      * bsc#1247114 aka CVE-2025-8224 aka PR32109
      * bsc#1247117 aka CVE-2025-8225 no PR
    - Add these backport patches:
      * bsc#1236976 aka CVE-2025-1147 aka PR32556
      * bsc#1250632 aka CVE-2025-11083 aka PR33457
      * bsc#1251275 aka CVE-2025-11412 aka PR33452
      * bsc#1251276 aka CVE-2025-11413 aka PR33456
      * bsc#1251277 aka CVE-2025-11414 aka PR33450
      * bsc#1251794 aka CVE-2025-11494 aka PR33499
      * bsc#1251795 aka CVE-2025-11495 aka PR33502

    - Skip PGO with %want_reproducible_builds (bsc#1040589)
    - Fix crash in assembler with -gdwarf-5
    - aarch64-common-pagesize.patch, aarch64 no longer uses 64K page size
    - Add -std=gnu17 to move gcc15 forward, as temporary measure until       the binutils version can be updated [bsc#1241916].

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability     affects the function bfd_malloc of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory     leak. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation     appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended     to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: I'm not going to commit some of the     leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the     reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master. (CVE-2025-1150)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
457601	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251125-1	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	low
457601	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251125-1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	low
278768	SUSE SLES16: binutils / binutils-devel / bpftool / bpftool-bash-completion / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:21195-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
278602	openSUSE 16 Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
275490	SUSE SLED15: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-devel-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:4096-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
232131	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1150	Nessus	Misc.	Local	low

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