CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-17450: Low: binutils security update (CESA-2020:4465)
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
10/10/2019
11/06/2020
11/05/2020
05/25/2023
Description
find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-binutils
- centos-upgrade-binutils-debuginfo
- centos-upgrade-binutils-debugsource
- centos-upgrade-binutils-devel
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