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Echo: binutils: security update to 2.37binutils-gold: security update to 2.44-2+e1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 455445

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow
 issue in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c. (CVE-2021-32256)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.37 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2021-32256

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 455445

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32256

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32256