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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-7423-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233981

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7423-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-1153, CVE-2025-1182)

 It was discovered that ld in GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-1176)

 It was discovered that ld in GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1178, CVE-2025-1181)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7423-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233981

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7423-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2025

Updated: 4/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1176

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1178

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arc-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbinutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf-nobfd0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-source, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgprofng0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsframe1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libctf0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1153, CVE-2025-1176, CVE-2025-1178, CVE-2025-1181, CVE-2025-1182

IAVA: 2025-A-0095

USN: 7423-1