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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69646

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301392

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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.

 - Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug_rnglists data. A logic error in the handling of the debug_rnglists header can cause objdump to repeatedly print the same warning message and fail to terminate, resulting in an unbounded logging loop until the process is interrupted. The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious input file, leading to excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing completion of the objdump analysis. (CVE-2025-69646)

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-2025-69646

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69646

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69646

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301392

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_69646.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/7/2026

Updated: 4/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69646

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, 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, 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, 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: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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, 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: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:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-gdb

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: 3/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69646