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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: gdb (UTSA-2025-984798)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 267753

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-984798 advisory.

 GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gdb package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cbfdff9

https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/gdb/issues/ICKPUG

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48064

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 267753

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-984798.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48064

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48064