Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Package | sys-devel/binutils on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.25 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.25 |
The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or overwrite arbitrary files.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.25"
Release date
December 08, 2016
Latest revision
December 08, 2016: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
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