AlmaLinux 8 : binutils (ALSA-2021:4364)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4364 advisory. binutils: Excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c readsection CVE-2021-3487 binutils: Race window allows use...

CVE-2020-35448

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfdgetlsigned32 in libbfd.c because shentsize is not validated in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection in elf.c...

CVE-2021-20284

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability...

CVE-2020-35448

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfdgetlsigned32 in libbfd.c because shentsize is not validated in bfdelfslurpsecondaryrelocsection in elf.c...