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RockyLinux 10 : binutils (RLSA-2025:20155)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 296256
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:20155 advisory.* binutils: GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption (CVE-2025-5244)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 296256
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-20155.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/23/2026
Updated: 1/23/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-2025-5244
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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-gold-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:binutils-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-5244