QID 242263

Date Published: 2023-11-02

QID 242263: Red Hat Update for binutils (RHSA-2023:6236)

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).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 8.8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 8.8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux server - tus 8.8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 8.8 aarch64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server for power le - update services for sap solutions 8.8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - update services for sap solutions 8.8 x86_64.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:6236 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 242263

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:6236 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6236