The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4336-2 advisory.

    USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update     for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



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

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

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 151919

Version 1.9

Version 1.8

Version 1.7

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Version 1.5

Version 1.9 Oct 29, 2024, 5:54 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202410291754
Version 1.8 Aug 29, 2024, 4:23 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202408291623
Version 1.7 Jul 10, 2024, 6:14 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202407101814
Version 1.6 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210506
Version 1.5 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901