Alpine: binutils: security update to 2.41-r1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421065

Description

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

- A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects
the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads
to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an
attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the
public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the
patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
(CVE-2025-0840)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-0840

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421065

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 3/10/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.28

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0840

IAVA: 2025-A-0095