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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-12697: Moderate: binutils security and bug fix update (CESA-2019:2075)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-12697: Moderate: binutils security and bug fix update (CESA-2019:2075)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/23/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-binutils
  • centos-upgrade-binutils-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-binutils-devel

References

  • 104538
  • CVE-2018-12697
  • RHSA-2019:2075

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