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SUSE: CVE-2018-20623: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/31/2018
Created
10/17/2019
Added
10/15/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.31.1, there is a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c when called from the process_archive function in readelf.c via a crafted ELF file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-gold
  • suse-upgrade-cross-aarch64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-arm-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-avr-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-epiphany-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-hppa-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-hppa64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-i386-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ia64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-m68k-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-mips-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc64le-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-riscv64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-rx-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-s390-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-s390x-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-sparc-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-sparc64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-spu-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-libctf-nobfd0
  • suse-upgrade-libctf0

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:2650-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2779-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:2780-1
  • USN-4336-1
  • USN-4336-2
  • CVE-2018-20623

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