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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-6969: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 17, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-binutils
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