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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-45078): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-45078): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/15/2021
Created
03/25/2022
Added
03/23/2022
Modified
06/14/2023

Description

stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils-multiarch

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