Echo: binutils: security update to 2.44

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 457562

Description

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

- GNU objdump 2.43 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library's handling
of tekhex format files. (CVE-2024-53589)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.44 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-53589

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457562

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53589

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53589