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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20284: GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20284: GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/26/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

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

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