Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-20197: ELSA-2021-4364: binutils security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)
Description
There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35 and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink. There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils1: ar, objcopy, strip, and ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-binutils
- oracle-linux-upgrade-binutils-devel
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