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binutils: Fix of 7 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2021-45078: Fix out-of-bounds write in stab_xcoff_builtin_type - CVE-2021-46174: Fix buffer overflow in read_section_stabs_debugging_info - CVE-2022-44840: Fix possible heap buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() in readelf.c - CVE-2022-45703: Combine sanity checks, calculate element counts, not word counts, fix typo - CVE-2022-47695: Test symbol flags to exclude section and synthetic symbols before attempting to check flavour - CVE-2022-47696: Fix uninitialised field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` - CVE-2022-47673: Fix lack of bounds checking in vms-alpha.c

Products
binutils, binutils-devel, binutils-gold, cross-binutils-aarch64, cross-binutils-ppc64le, cross-binutils-s390x
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1
CVEs
CVE-2021-45078, CVE-2021-46174, CVE-2022-44840, CVE-2022-45703, CVE-2022-47673, CVE-2022-47695, CVE-2022-47696
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

binutils: Fix of 7 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Nov 2023, 21:34 UTC

- CVE-2021-45078: Fix out-of-bounds write in stab_xcoff_builtin_type - CVE-2021-46174: Fix buffer overflow in read_section_stabs_debugging_info - CVE-2022-44840: Fix possible heap buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() in readelf.c - CVE-2022-45703: Combine sanity checks, calculate element counts, not word counts, fix typo - CVE-2022-47695: Test symbol flags to exclude section and synthetic symbols before attempting to check flavour - CVE-2022-47696: Fix uninitialised field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` - CVE-2022-47673: Fix lack of bounds checking in vms-alpha.c

osv:CLSA-2023-1701293664

binutils

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

binutils-devel

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

binutils-gold

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

cross-binutils-aarch64

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

cross-binutils-ppc64le

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

cross-binutils-s390x

Fixed versions: 2.35.2-37.el9.tuxcare.els1

Complete source record
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