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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-1972): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-1972): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/17/2023
Created
05/25/2023
Added
05/25/2023
Modified
06/21/2024

Description

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils-multiarch
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gdb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gdbserver

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