QID 241553

Date Published: 2023-05-25

QID 241553: Red Hat Update for devtoolset-12-binutils (RHSA-2023:3269)

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: null pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (cve-2022-4285).
    Libiberty: heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c (cve-2021-3826).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat software collections (for rhel server) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel server for system z) 1 for rhel 7 s390x.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel server for ibm power le) 1 for rhel 7 ppc64le.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel server for ibm power) 1 for rhel 7 ppc64.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel workstation) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64.
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Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:3269 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 241553

    CVE-2021-3826 | CVE-2022-4285 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:3269 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3269
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