DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20284

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20284
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Upstream
Published
2021-03-26T17:15:13Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:23:59Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.37-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.37-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.37-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}