A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by     this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to     out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed     to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-7546)

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-200da46dc6 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2025-7545 and CVE-2025-7546.

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-a39532f9e1 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2025-7545 and CVE-2025-7546.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
247053	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-7546	Nessus	Misc.	medium
242877	Fedora 41 : mingw-binutils (2025-200da46dc6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
242876	Fedora 42 : mingw-binutils (2025-a39532f9e1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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