Echo: elfutils: security update to 0.192-4+e4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 458751

Description

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

- A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability
affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The
manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been
disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as
b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
(CVE-2025-1371)

Solution

Update the elfutils library and its related packages to version 0.192-4+e4 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-1371

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458751

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1371