Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 438
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 438

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5350-1 Major: CMake Security Vulnerability

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 28, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in the GNU binutils package on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM could cause a denial of service with specially crafted files. Update your system now
GNU binutils could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GNU binutils could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- binutils: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

Details:

It was discovered that GNU binutils gold incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue binutils Ubuntu 16.04

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+esm4
binutils-multiarch 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5349-1

CVE-2019-1010204

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

March 28, 2022

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue binutils Ubuntu 16.04

Package Information

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.