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

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Mar 26, 2021

Added

Aug 16, 2022

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solutions

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

References

CVE-2021-20284
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-20284
CWE-119
CWE-787
EUVD-EUVD-2021-7712
GENTOO-202208-30
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-7712

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