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HistoryNov 09, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Security update for binutils (moderate)

2021-11-0900:00:00
lists.opensuse.org
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binutils update
compatibility issues
memory corruption
slow performance
cve-2021-20294
patch installation

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.7%

An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes
is now available.

Description:

This update for binutils fixes the following issues:

  • For compatibility on old code stream that expect ‘brcl 0,label’ to not
    be disassembled as ‘jgnop label’ on s390x. (bsc#1192267) This reverts
    IBM zSeries HLASM support for now.
  • Fixed that ppc64 optflags did not enable LTO (bsc#1188941).
  • Fix empty man-pages from broken release tarball
  • Fixed a memory corruption with rpath option (bsc#1191473).
  • Fixed slow performance of stripping some binaries (bsc#1183909).

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2021-20294: Fixed out-of-bounds write in print_dynamic_symbol in
    readelf (bnc#1184519)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3:

    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3643=1

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