USN-4336-3

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    USN-4336-3

    Published: 9 Aug 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: binutils vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9742, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9747, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9748, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9750, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9756, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6323

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2

    Affected versions

    2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
    2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

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