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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-32256
medium Nessus Plugin ID 223804
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow issue in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c. (CVE-2021-32256)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-32256
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 223804
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_32256.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/5/2025
Updated: 9/10/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32256
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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-12-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-12-gdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libiberty, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-32256