A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ld. Such manipulation of the argument roff leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The name of the patch is 471130b39c03623ec6d78ece377ff4da3f6bfe7b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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

  - A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the
    function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ld. Such manipulation
    of the argument roff leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has
    been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The name of the
    patch is 471130b39c03623ec6d78ece377ff4da3f6bfe7b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
    (CVE-2026-90803)

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

  - A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the     function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ld. Such manipulation     of the argument roff leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has     been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The name of the     patch is 471130b39c03623ec6d78ece377ff4da3f6bfe7b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
    (CVE-2026-90803)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
463238	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e10	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
463238	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e10	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
345738	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-90803	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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