A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-993317 advisory.

    A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called     16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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 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-7899-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GNU binutils could be forced to perform an out- of-bounds read in certain     instances. An attacker with local access to a system could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2025-11839, CVE-2025-11840)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-8225)

    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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu     16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-5244, CVE-2025-5245)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2025-3198)

    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 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2025-1182)

    It was discovered that ld in GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-1181)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-1153)

    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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2025-0840)

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 version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0852 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-11840:
    A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called     16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

    CVE-2025-11494:
    A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections     of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The     attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is     identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

    CVE-2025-11414:
    A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function     get_link_hash_entry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes out-of-     bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be     utilized. Upgrading to version 2.46 addresses this issue. Patch name:
    aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

    CVE-2025-11413:
    A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of     the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack     needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version     2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0.
    Upgrading the affected component is advised.

    CVE-2025-11412:
    A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. This impacts the function bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry     of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local     access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
    The identifier of the patch is 047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc. To fix this issue, it is     recommended to deploy a patch.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

An update of the binutils package has been released.

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

  - A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called     16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. (CVE-2025-11840)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
281279	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: gdb (UTSA-2025-993317)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
276991	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-7899-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
276007	TencentOS Server 4: binutils (TSSA-2025:0852)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
274517	Photon OS 5.0: Binutils PHSA-2025-5.0-0670	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
274414	Photon OS 4.0: Binutils PHSA-2025-4.0-0901	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
271686	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11840	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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