GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.

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

  - GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when
    processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns
    early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later,
    process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory
    corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further
    memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this
    is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not
    affect any tagged version. (CVE-2025-69651)

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 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when     processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns     early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later,     process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory     corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further     memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this     is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not     affect any tagged version. (CVE-2025-69651)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
461768	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e2	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
461768	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e2	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local 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
301408	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69651	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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