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AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778660100)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 353201

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Synopsis

The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778660100 advisory.

 - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48063)

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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778660100.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1778660100

http://www.nessus.org/u?9415ff4d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 353201

File Name: tuxcare_alma_linux_9.2_CLSA-2026-1778660100.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48063

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48063

CLSA: 2026:1778660100