Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201797
Revision Date:2020-04-28Version:639
Title:RHSA-2020:1797: binutils security and bug fix update (Low)
Description:The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

  • binutils: integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c (CVE-2019-17451)

  • binutils: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read in gold/fileread.cc and elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-1010204)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-1010204
    CVE-2019-17451
    RHSA-2020:1797
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • binutils is earlier than 0:2.30-73.el8
  • AND binutils is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • binutils-devel is earlier than 0:2.30-73.el8
  • AND binutils-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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