USN-5124-1

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    USN-5124-1

    Published: 25 Oct 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: binutils vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain hash lookups. An attacker could use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16592) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain corrupt DWARF debug sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3487)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5124-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16592, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3487

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~18.04.7?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.7

    Affected versions

    2.29.1-4ubuntu1
    2.29.1-6ubuntu1
    2.29.1-7ubuntu1
    2.29.1-8ubuntu1
    2.29.1-10ubuntu1
    2.29.1-12ubuntu1

    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
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