ALSA-2021:4364

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4364.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4364.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2021:4364
Related
Published
2021-11-09T09:11:20Z
Modified
2021-11-12T10:20:56Z
Summary
Moderate: binutils security update
Details

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: Excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c read_section() (CVE-2021-3487)

  • binutils: Race window allows users to own arbitrary files (CVE-2021-20197)

  • binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in bfdgetlsigned32() in libbfd.c because shentsize is not validated in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection() in elf.c (CVE-2020-35448)

  • binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection in elf.c (CVE-2021-20284)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / binutils-devel

Package

Name
binutils-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-108.el8