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EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.1 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-2717)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 188807
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the binutils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`.(CVE-2023-25588)
Field `file_table` of `struct module *module` is uninitialized.(CVE-2023-25585)
A flaw was found in binutils, where there is a NULL pointer segmentation fault when accessing the field `the_bfd` in the `compare_symbols` function. This flaw may cause a crash to the objdump binary when reading a crafted file, impacting availability.(CVE-2023-25587)
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization binutils security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected binutils packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 188807
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2023-2717.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 1/16/2024
Updated: 9/25/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1972
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.11.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2023