USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
binutils vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.
Software Description
- binutils – GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- binutils – 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
- binutils-multiarch – 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
- CVE-2018-1000876
- CVE-2018-10372
- CVE-2018-10373
- CVE-2018-10534
- CVE-2018-10535
- CVE-2018-12641
- CVE-2018-12697
- CVE-2018-12698
- CVE-2018-12699
- CVE-2018-12700
- CVE-2018-12934
- CVE-2018-13033
- CVE-2018-17358
- CVE-2018-17359
- CVE-2018-17360
- CVE-2018-17794
- CVE-2018-17985
- CVE-2018-18309
- CVE-2018-18483
- CVE-2018-18484
- CVE-2018-18605
- CVE-2018-18606
- CVE-2018-18607
- CVE-2018-18700
- CVE-2018-18701
- CVE-2018-19931
- CVE-2018-19932
- CVE-2018-20002
- CVE-2018-20623
- CVE-2018-20651
- CVE-2018-20671
- CVE-2018-8945
- CVE-2018-9138
- CVE-2019-12972
- CVE-2019-14250
- CVE-2019-14444
- CVE-2019-17450
- CVE-2019-17451
- CVE-2019-9070
- CVE-2019-9071
- CVE-2019-9073
- CVE-2019-9074
- CVE-2019-9075
- CVE-2019-9077
Source: USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
