ALSA-2024:9689

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    ALSA-2024:9689

    Published: 14 Nov 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Low: 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: heap-based buffer overflow in finish_stab in stabs.c (CVE-2018-12699) 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12699, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1595427, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-9689.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/binutils

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30-125.el8_10

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High