GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from completing its analysis.

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

  - GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted
    binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to
    repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output
    loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by
    supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from
    completing its analysis. (CVE-2025-69647)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fe96f3532b advisory.

    Backport fixes for multiple CVEs.


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-2026-9174e6ea37 advisory.

    Backport fixes for multiple CVEs.

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.

  - GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted     binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to     repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output     loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by     supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from     completing its analysis. (CVE-2025-69647)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
455406	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e7	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
455406	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e7	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
454112	Google: sys-libs/binutils-libs: security update to 18867.381.45	Tenable Cloud Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	medium
454112	Google: sys-libs/binutils-libs: security update to 18867.381.45	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	medium
451174	Google: sys-libs/binutils-libs: security update to 18244.582.47	Tenable Cloud Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	medium
451174	Google: sys-libs/binutils-libs: security update to 18244.582.47	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Google COS Security Checks	Local	medium
305033	Fedora 42 : mingw-binutils (2026-fe96f3532b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
305026	Fedora 43 : mingw-binutils (2026-9174e6ea37)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
301568	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69647	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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