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Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e2

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461768

Description

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

 - GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when
 processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns
 early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later,
 process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory
 corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further
 memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this
 is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not
 affect any tagged version. (CVE-2025-69651)

Solution

Update the binutils library and its related packages to version 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-69651

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461768

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.48

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-2025-69651

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: 3/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69651