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Gentoo: GLSA-202309-16 Important: OpenSSL Cryptographic Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhancement initiated to remedy various security flaws within GNU Binutils, aiming to avert possible service interruption incidents.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU Binutils, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

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

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security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity gnu binutils

Resolution

All GNU Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.40"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-4285 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4285 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-38126 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38126 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-38127 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38127 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-38128 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38128 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-38533 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38533 [ 6 ] CVE-2023-1579 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1579 [ 7 ] CVE-2023-1972 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1972

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 30, 2023
Bugs: #866713, #867937, #903893
ID: 202309-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity gnu binutils

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU Binutils, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

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 ------------------ ------------ ------------ sys-devel/binutils < 2.40 >= 2.40

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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