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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-25584

high Nessus Plugin ID 227243

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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 out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the parse_module function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in Binutils.
 (CVE-2023-25584)

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-2023-25584

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25584

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 227243

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_25584.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-11-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-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-11-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:gcc-toolset-12-binutils

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25584