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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-6655-1 Moderate: binutils Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities addressed in GNU binutils across various Ubuntu editions, mitigating potential denial-of-service exploits.
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:

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic

behind certain memory management related operations, which could lead to

an invalid memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47695)

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds

checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead

to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue

to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48063)

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled memory management

operations in several of its functions, which could lead to excessive

memory consumption due to memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use

these issues to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48065)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu binutils

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   binutils                        2.38-4ubuntu2.6
   binutils-multiarch              2.38-4ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   binutils                        2.34-6ubuntu1.9
   binutils-multiarch              2.34-6ubuntu1.9

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6655-1

CVE-2022-47695, CVE-2022-48063, CVE-2022-48065

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6655-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu binutils

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.38-4ubuntu2.6

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