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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69644

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301401

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.

 - An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46. The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information. A logic flaw in the handling of DWARF location list headers can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop and produce endless output until manually interrupted. This issue affects versions prior to the upstream fix and allows a local attacker to cause excessive resource consumption by supplying a malicious input file. (CVE-2025-69644)

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-2025-69644

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69644

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301401

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_69644.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/7/2026

Updated: 3/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69644

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, 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:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-binutils-generic, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-toolset-14-binutils-gprofng, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils-generic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-binutils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69644