Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update
The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities. Security Fix(es): * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082) * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils Linker components as identified by CVE-2025-11082, CVE-2025-11083, and others. The vulnerabilities affect binutils packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support across several architectures. Red Hat has released updated packages (binutils-2.41-53.el10_0.2 and related) to address these issues. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate and provides links to the updated packages and instructions for applying the update. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the vendor rates the impact as Moderate.
Potential Impact
Heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in the GNU Binutils Linker could potentially lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory. The vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official Red Hat updates for binutils as described in the advisory RHSA-2025:23405 and the referenced Red Hat article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional action is required beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update
Description
The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities. Security Fix(es): * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11082) * binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils Linker components as identified by CVE-2025-11082, CVE-2025-11083, and others. The vulnerabilities affect binutils packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support across several architectures. Red Hat has released updated packages (binutils-2.41-53.el10_0.2 and related) to address these issues. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate and provides links to the updated packages and instructions for applying the update. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the vendor rates the impact as Moderate.
Potential Impact
Heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in the GNU Binutils Linker could potentially lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory. The vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official Red Hat updates for binutils as described in the advisory RHSA-2025:23405 and the referenced Red Hat article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional action is required beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23405
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-11083"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1d84853345fc1827dd3
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:04 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 10:57:50 UTC
Last updated: 08/20/2026, 22:52:06 UTC
Views: 42
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