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An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available. . SUSE Security Update: Security update for binutils ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3637-1 Rating: moderate References: #1183909 #1184519 #1188941 #1191473 #1192267 Cross-References: 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL HPE Helion Openstack 8 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available. Description: 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). Securityissue 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: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-3637=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-3637=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-3637=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2021-3637=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-3637=1 - HPE Helion Openstack 8: zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-3637=1 Package List: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-gold-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 cross-ppc-binutils-2.37-9.44.1 cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 cross-spu-binutils-2.37-9.44.1 cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 cross-spu-binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (ppc64le x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 - HPE Helion Openstack 8 (x86_64): binutils-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1 binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-2.37-9.44.1 libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20294.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183909 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184519 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188941 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191473 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192267 . SUSE Security Update for gzip addresses a vulnerability along with three improvements, classified with moderate severity.. SUSE Linux Update, binutils Security Fix, moderate Severity Patch, SUSE Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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