A flaw was found in Binutils. A logic fail in the bfd_init_section_decompress_status function may lead to the use of an uninitialized variable that can cause a crash and local denial of service.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 943f8915-6c5d-11ef-810a-f8b46a88f42c advisory.

    alster@vinterdalen.se reports PR/281070:
    A new version of devel/binutils has been released fixing                  CVE-2023-1972, CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25586, and                  CVE-2023-25588.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the gdb package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206744	FreeBSD : binutils -- Multiple vulnerabilities (943f8915-6c5d-11ef-810a-f8b46a88f42c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
204554	Photon OS 5.0: Gdb PHSA-2023-5.0-0060	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
204288	Photon OS 4.0: Gdb PHSA-2023-4.0-0440	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2023-25586

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