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Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251125-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461292

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this
 vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads
 to memory corruption. The attack can be launched 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
 identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to
 fix this issue. (CVE-2025-1178)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.45.50.20251125-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-1178

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461292

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.32

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-2025-1178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1178

IAVA: 2025-A-0095-S