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Debian: CVE-2020-16593: binutils -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-16593: binutils -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/09/2020
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-binutils

References

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