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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11083

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266084

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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.

 - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.
 The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11083)

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-2025-11083

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11083

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266084

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_11083.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/29/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, 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:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11083