Ubuntu: USN-5124-1 (CVE-2020-16592): GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
12/09/2020
10/28/2021
10/26/2021
03/22/2023
Description
A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-binutils
- ubuntu-upgrade-binutils-multiarch
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