Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251201-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 458634

Description

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

- A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of
the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack
needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version
2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0.
Upgrading the affected component is advised. (CVE-2025-11413)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.45.50.20251201-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-11413

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 458634

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11413

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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: 10/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11413