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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-01 Normal: Binutils Remote DoS Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo users are alerted to critical vulnerabilities in Binutils. Immediate updates are vital to prevent potential Denial of Service and ensure system safety
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

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

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Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.32-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-10372 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10372 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-10373 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10373 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-10534 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10534 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-10535 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10535 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-12641 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12641 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-12697 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12697 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-12698 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12698 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-12699 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12699 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-12700 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12700 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-13033 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13033 [ 11 ] CVE-2018-19931 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931 [ 12 ] CVE-2018-19932 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19932 [ 13 ] CVE-2018-20002 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 03, 2019
Bugs: #672904, #672910, #674668, #682698, #682702
ID: 201908-01

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause 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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-devel/binutils < 2.32-r1 >= 2.32-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially crafted ELF, object, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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