GLSA-202007-39 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138962

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-39 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/binutils-2.33.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138962

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-39.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 3/3/2023

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17451

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:binutils, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12972, CVE-2019-14250, CVE-2019-14444, CVE-2019-17450, CVE-2019-17451

GLSA: 202007-39