USN-6544-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
First published: Mon Dec 11 2023(Updated: )
It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain COFF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-38533) It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds checks in several functions, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285, CVE-2020-19726, CVE-2021-46174) It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a reachable assertion, which could lead to an intentional assertion failure when processing certain crafted DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-35205)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils | <2.38-4ubuntu2.4 | 2.38-4ubuntu2.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils-multiarch | <2.38-4ubuntu2.4 | 2.38-4ubuntu2.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils | <2.34-6ubuntu1.7 | 2.34-6ubuntu1.7 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils-multiarch | <2.34-6ubuntu1.7 | 2.34-6ubuntu1.7 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils | <2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6 | 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/binutils-multiarch | <2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6 | 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-35205
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19726
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46174
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38533
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4285
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6413-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5762-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.38-4ubuntu2.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.34-6ubuntu1.7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6544-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/title
- agent/type
- agent/weakness
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-6413-1
- anchor-related/USN-6381-1
- anchor-related/USN-5762-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/22.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/14.04