GLSA 202107-24: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	07/10/2021
Bugs:	#678806, #761957, #764170
ID:	202107-24

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-devel/binutils	< 2.35.2	>= 2.35.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.35.2"
    

References

• CVE-2020-35507
• CVE-2020-35496
• CVE-2020-35495
• CVE-2020-35494
• CVE-2020-35493
• CVE-2020-35448
• CVE-2020-19599
• CVE-2019-9077
• CVE-2019-9076
• CVE-2019-9075
• CVE-2019-9074
• CVE-2019-9073
• CVE-2019-9072
• CVE-2019-9071
• CVE-2019-9070

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202107-24.xml

Concerns?

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License

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