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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-4336-2 Moderate: GNU Binutils Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Corrections implemented for various problems within GNU binutils impacting Ubuntu 16.04 ESM following the publication of USN-4336-1.
Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.

Software Description:

- binutils: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

Details:

USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security

issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  binutils                        2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
  binutils-multiarch              2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-1

CVE-2016-2226, CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489,

CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493,

CVE-2016-6131, CVE-2017-12448, CVE-2017-12449, CVE-2017-12450,

CVE-2017-12451, CVE-2017-12452, CVE-2017-12453, CVE-2017-12454,

CVE-2017-12455, CVE-2017-12456, CVE-2017-12457, CVE-2017-12458,

CVE-2017-12459, CVE-2017-12799, CVE-2017-12967, CVE-2017-13710,

CVE-2017-14128, CVE-2017-14129, CVE-2017-14130, CVE-2017-14333,

CVE-2017-14529, CVE-2017-14930, CVE-2017-14932, CVE-2017-14938,

CVE-2017-14939, CVE-2017-14940, CVE-2017-15020, CVE-2017-15021,

CVE-2017-15022, CVE-2017-15024, CVE-2017-15025, CVE-2017-15225,

CVE-2017-15938, CVE-2017-15939, CVE-2017-15996, CVE-2017-16826,

CVE-2017-16827, CVE-2017-16828, CVE-2017-16831, CVE-2017-16832,

CVE-2017-17080, CVE-2017-17121, CVE-2017-17123, CVE-2017-17124,

CVE-2017-17125, CVE-2017-6965, CVE-2017-6966, CVE-2017-6969,

CVE-2017-7209, CVE-2017-7210, CVE-2017-7223, CVE-2017-7224,

CVE-2017-7225, CVE-2017-7226, CVE-2017-7227, CVE-2017-7299,

CVE-2017-7300, CVE-2017-7301, CVE-2017-7302, CVE-2017-7614,

CVE-2017-8393, CVE-2017-8394, CVE-2017-8395, CVE-2017-8396,

CVE-2017-8397, CVE-2017-8398, CVE-2017-8421, CVE-2017-9038,

CVE-2017-9039, CVE-2017-9040, CVE-2017-9041, CVE-2017-9042,

CVE-2017-9044, CVE-2017-9742, CVE-2017-9744, CVE-2017-9745,

CVE-2017-9746, CVE-2017-9747, CVE-2017-9748, CVE-2017-9749,

CVE-2017-9750, CVE-2017-9751, CVE-2017-9752, CVE-2017-9753,

CVE-2017-9754, CVE-2017-9755, CVE-2017-9756, CVE-2017-9954,

CVE-2018-1000876, CVE-2018-10372, CVE-2018-10373, CVE-2018-10534,

CVE-2018-10535, CVE-2018-12641, CVE-2018-12697, CVE-2018-12698,

CVE-2018-12699, CVE-2018-12700, CVE-2018-12934, CVE-2018-13033,

CVE-2018-17358, CVE-2018-17359, CVE-2018-17360, CVE-2018-17794,

CVE-2018-17985, CVE-2018-18309, CVE-2018-18483, CVE-2018-18484,

CVE-2018-18605, CVE-2018-18606, CVE-2018-18607, CVE-2018-18700,

CVE-2018-18701, CVE-2018-19931, CVE-2018-19932, CVE-2018-20002,

CVE-2018-20623, CVE-2018-20671, CVE-2018-6323, CVE-2018-6543,

CVE-2018-6759, CVE-2018-7208, CVE-2018-7568, CVE-2018-7569,

CVE-2018-7642, CVE-2018-7643, CVE-2018-8945, CVE-2018-9138,

CVE-2019-12972, CVE-2019-14250, CVE-2019-14444, CVE-2019-17450,

CVE-2019-17451, CVE-2019-9070, CVE-2019-9071, CVE-2019-9073,

CVE-2019-9074, CVE-2019-9075, CVE-2019-9077

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July 21, 2021

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