RedHat: RHSA-2023-2873:01 Moderate: gcc-toolset-12-binutils security 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: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string
leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)
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 8.8 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-2022-4285 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-2.38-17.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-2.38-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel-2.38-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-2.38-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-2.38-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel-2.38-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-2.38-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-2.38-17.el8.s390x.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.s390x.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel-2.38-17.el8.s390x.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-2.38-17.el8.s390x.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-2.38-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.i686.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel-2.38-17.el8.i686.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel-2.38-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-2.38-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.i686.rpm
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.38-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for gcc-toolset-12-binutils is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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
Bugs Fixed
2142816 - addr2line from gcc-toolset-11-binutils having errors while compiling code using LTO and Dwarf5
2150768 - CVE-2022-4285 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault