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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-14444: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-14444: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/30/2019
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-binutils

References

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