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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11081

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266089

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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 was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
 (CVE-2025-11081)

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-2025-11081

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11081

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266089

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_11081.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: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic

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-2025-11081