USN-6101-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
24 May 2023
Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.
Releases
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
- binutils - GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
Details
It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain DWARF
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10.
(CVE-2023-1579)
It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly verify the version
definitions in zer0-lengthverdef table. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10 and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-1972)
It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly validate the size of
length parameter in vms-alpha. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a crash or access sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10.
(CVE-2023-25584)
It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly initialized the
file_table field of struct module and the_bfd field of asymbol. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25588)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
-
binutils
-
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
binutils-multiarch
-
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
-
binutils
-
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
binutils-multiarch
-
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.