RedHat: Low: binutils security update RHSA-2005:763-01
Summary
Summary
Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools. Several integer overflow bugs were found in binutils. If a user is tricked into processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such as readelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution of arbitrary code as the user running the utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1704 to this issue. All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
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Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
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5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
164666 - CAN-2005-1704 Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:
SRPMS:
f981c9ab886387de6d68ef508e528952 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.src.rpm
i386:
84f0f3790e0ad8e889777af528e8fe32 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.i386.rpm
ia64:
29a30b2e10daa96cd73d40c992db3a69 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
SRPMS:
f981c9ab886387de6d68ef508e528952 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.src.rpm
ia64:
29a30b2e10daa96cd73d40c992db3a69 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
SRPMS:
f981c9ab886387de6d68ef508e528952 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.src.rpm
i386:
84f0f3790e0ad8e889777af528e8fe32 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
SRPMS:
f981c9ab886387de6d68ef508e528952 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.src.rpm
i386:
84f0f3790e0ad8e889777af528e8fe32 binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5.i386.rpm
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References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1704
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386
Bugs Fixed