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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-7899-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 276991

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7899-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GNU binutils could be forced to perform an out- of-bounds read in certain instances. An attacker with local access to a system could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-11839, CVE-2025-11840)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-8225)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-5244, CVE-2025-5245)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2025-3198)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2025-1182)

 It was discovered that ld in GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-1181)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-1153)

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2025-0840)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7899-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 276991

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7899-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2025

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7545

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8225

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arc-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbinutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf-nobfd0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsframe-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgprofng0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-sparc-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsframe2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsframe1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabin32, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0840, CVE-2025-1153, CVE-2025-1181, CVE-2025-1182, CVE-2025-11839, CVE-2025-11840, CVE-2025-3198, CVE-2025-5244, CVE-2025-5245, CVE-2025-7545, CVE-2025-8225

IAVA: 2025-A-0095-S, 2025-A-0809, 2025-A-0890

USN: 7899-1