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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-20284: Security patch for gcc10-binutils (ALAS-2021-1702)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-20284: Security patch for gcc10-binutils (ALAS-2021-1702)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/26/2021
Created
01/24/2024
Added
01/23/2024
Modified
01/23/2024

Description

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gcc10-binutils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gcc10-binutils-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gcc10-binutils-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-gcc10-binutils-gold

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