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Red Hat: CVE-2021-20284: CVE-2021-20284 binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-20284: CVE-2021-20284 binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/26/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-binutils
  • redhat-upgrade-binutils-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-binutils-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-binutils-devel

References

  • CVE-2021-20284
  • RHSA-2021:4364

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