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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-10373: Security patch for binutils (ALAS-2019-1138)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-10373: Security patch for binutils (ALAS-2019-1138)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/25/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

Solution(s)

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

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