ALSA-2023:6593

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    ALSA-2023:6593

    Published: 7 Nov 2023Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-4285
    Aliases:
    CVE-2022-4285

    Summary: Moderate: binutils security update

    Details: 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6593, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4285, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2150768, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6593.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/binutils

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.35.2-42.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High