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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-69647

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301568

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.

 - GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from completing its analysis. (CVE-2025-69647)

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-2025-69647

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69647

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301568

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_69647.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/9/2026

Updated: 3/10/2026

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: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69647

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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, 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, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, 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: 3/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69647