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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-45078

high Nessus Plugin ID 224355

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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.

 - stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out- of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699. (CVE-2021-45078)

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-2021-45078

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45078

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45078

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 224355

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_45078.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45078

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-9-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-9-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-9-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-9-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-10-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-10-binutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel

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: 12/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45078