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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35496: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35496: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2021
Created
07/13/2021
Added
07/12/2021
Modified
07/12/2021

Description

There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Solution(s)

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

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