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Echo: elfutils: security update to 0.188-2.1+e1

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461243

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 critical. This vulnerability
 affects the function __libdw_thread_tail in the library libdw_alloc.c of the component eu-readelf. The
 manipulation of the argument w leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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. The name of the patch is
 2636426a091bd6c6f7f02e49ab20d4cdc6bfc753. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
 (CVE-2025-1352)

Solution

Update the elfutils library and its related packages to version 0.188-2.1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-1352

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 461243

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1352

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: 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:L/VI:L/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: 2/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1352