Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251125-1

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460521

Description

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

- A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as problematic. Affected by this
vulnerability is the function __sanitizer::internal_strlen of the file binutils/nm.c of the component nm.
The manipulation of the argument const leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The
complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been
disclosed to the public and may be used. (CVE-2025-1147)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.45.50.20251125-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-1147

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 460521

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1147

IAVA: 2025-A-0095-S