Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e7

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457477

Description

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

- Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with
malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in
an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The
issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input
file. (CVE-2025-69645)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e7 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-69645

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457477

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 3/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69645

IAVA: 2026-A-0144