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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3549: GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3549: GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to avr_elf32_load_records_from_section() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

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

References

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