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Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: binutils (UTSA-2026-015454)

low Nessus Plugin ID 310858

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-015454 advisory.

 A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld.
 All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity 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 binutils package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?382995d9

https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/binutils/issues/171

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1149

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 310858

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-015454.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/29/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1149

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1149