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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-12457: Security patch for binutils (ALAS-2019-1185)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-12457: Security patch for binutils (ALAS-2019-1185)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/04/2017
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-devel

References

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