Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.50.20251125-1

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 465732

Description

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

- A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44. Affected by this
vulnerability is the function bfd_set_format of the file format.c. 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. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. The
identifier of the patch is 8d97c1a53f3dc9fd8e1ccdb039b8a33d50133150. It is recommended to upgrade the
affected component. (CVE-2025-1153)

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-2025-1153

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 465732

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.24

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1153

IAVA: 2025-A-0095-S