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Gentoo: GLSA-202107-24 Normal: Binutils Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey July 9, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Binutils may result in Denial of Service attacks on Gentoo Linux systems. It is recommended to upgrade to version 2.35.2 or later.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update Denial of Service normal severity Binutils

Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.35.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-9070 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9070 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-9071 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9071 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-9072 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9072 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-9073 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9073 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-9074 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9074 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-9075 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9075 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-9076 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9076 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-9077 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9077 [ 9 ] CVE-2020-19599 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19599 [ 10 ] CVE-2020-35448 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35448 [ 11 ] CVE-2020-35493 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35493 [ 12 ] CVE-2020-35494 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35494 [ 13 ] CVE-2020-35495 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35495 [ 14 ] CVE-2...

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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/202107-24
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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: July 10, 2021
Bugs: #678806, #761957, #764170
ID: 202107-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update Denial of Service normal severity Binutils

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-devel/binutils < 2.35.2 >= 2.35.2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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