GLSA-202107-24 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 157002

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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-202107-24 (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-2.35.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157002

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202107-24.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 1/26/2022

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9077

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 7/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9070, CVE-2019-9071, CVE-2019-9072, CVE-2019-9073, CVE-2019-9074, CVE-2019-9075, CVE-2019-9076, CVE-2019-9077, CVE-2020-19599, CVE-2020-35448, CVE-2020-35493, CVE-2020-35494, CVE-2020-35495, CVE-2020-35496, CVE-2020-35507

GLSA: 202107-24