Summary
The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.
Security Fix(es):
* binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow (CVE-2025-11083)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | binutils | 2.30-128.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | binutils-devel | 2.30-128.el8_10 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.3
GNU Binutils Linker elfcode.h elf_swap_shdr heap-based overflow
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exp…