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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11495

high Nessus Plugin ID 275840

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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.

 - Debian Linux - binutils - A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. Red Hat Enterprise Linux - binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow Ubuntu Linux - A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. (CVE-2025-11495)

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-2025-11495

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11495

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11495

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 275840

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_11495.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/20/2025

Updated: 10/21/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.24

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11495

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, 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-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-13-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils

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: 10/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11495