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SUSE: 2021:3643-1 Moderate: Out-Of-Bounds Write in Binutils

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
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SUSE Security Update for binutils resolves a significant vulnerability related to improper memory access. Comprehensive update specifics provided.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available

Summary

This update for binutils fixes the following issues: - For compatibility on old code stream that expect 'brcl 0,label' to not be disassembled as 'jgnop label' on s390x. (bsc#1192267) This reverts IBM zSeries HLASM support for now. - Fixed that ppc64 optflags did not enable LTO (bsc#1188941). - Fix empty man-pages from broken release tarball - Fixed a memory corruption with rpath option (bsc#1191473). - Fixed slow performance of stripping some binaries (bsc#1183909). Security issue fixed: - CVE-2021-20294: Fixed out-of-bounds write in print_dynamic_symbol in readelf (bnc#1184519) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

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security advisory security issue software update moderate severity SUSE Linux binutils out-of-bounds

References

#1183909 #1184519 #1188941 #1191473 #1192267

Cross- CVE-2021-20294

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20294 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-20294 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3643-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory security issue software update moderate severity SUSE Linux binutils out-of-bounds

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