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Oracle Linux 9 : gcc-toolset-13-binutils (ELSA-2025-23336)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279381

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-23336 advisory.

 - Forward-port Oracle patches to 2.40-21.1.
 - CVE-2025-11083
 - Reviewed-by: David Faust <[email protected]> Oracle history:
 April-02-2024 Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]> - 2.40-21.0.1
 - Forward-port Oracle patchs to 2.40-21.
 - Reviewed-by: Cupertino Miranda <[email protected]> December-15-2023 Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]> - 2.40-13.0.1
 - libctf, link: fix CU-mapped links with CTF_LINK_EMPTY_CU_MAPPINGS.
 Backport of upstream commit 869a750c0ec0abcab84e38a43a1ed73321ef4371.
 [Orabug: 36113992]
 - Reviewed-by: David Faust <[email protected]>

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 gcc-toolset-13-binutils, gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel and / or gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-23336.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279381

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-23336.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/19/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11083

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gcc-toolset-13-binutils-gold

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11083