RedHat: RHSA-2020-1797:01 Low: binutils security and bug fix update
Summary
The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the
manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the
ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings,
strip, and addr2line utilities.
Security Fix(es):
* binutils: integer overflow leading to a SEGV in
_bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c (CVE-2019-17451)
* binutils: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison,
Out-of-bounds Read in gold/fileread.cc and elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h leads to
denial of service (CVE-2019-1010204)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17451 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010204 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64:
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
binutils-devel-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
binutils-devel-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
binutils-devel-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.i686.rpm
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.i686.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
binutils-devel-2.30-73.el8.i686.rpm
binutils-devel-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
binutils-2.30-73.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
binutils-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
binutils-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
binutils-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
binutils-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
binutils-debuginfo-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
binutils-debugsource-2.30-73.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for binutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1726637 - Request a backport of fixes for SVE Vector PCS on AArch64 (binutils part)
1730906 - ld -r fails to handle .init_array section in comdat group
1735604 - CVE-2019-1010204 binutils: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read in gold/fileread.cc and elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h leads to denial of service
1767711 - Upstream test case "v3 gnu build attribute notes (64-bit)" failed
1771668 - CVE-2019-17451 binutils: integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c
1777002 - Implement workaround in assembler for Intel's JCC errata [RHEL 8.2]