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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202208-30">
    <title>GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities</title>
    <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils, the worst of which could result in denial of service.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">binutils,binutils-libs</product>
    <announced>2022-08-14</announced>
    <revised count="1">2022-08-14</revised>
    <bug>778545</bug>
    <bug>792342</bug>
    <bug>829304</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="sys-devel/binutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">2.38</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">2.38</vulnerable>
        </package>
        <package name="sys-libs/binutils-libs" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">2.38</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">2.38</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>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.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.38"
        </code>
        
        <p>All Binutils library users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.38"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3487">CVE-2021-3487</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3530">CVE-2021-3530</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3549">CVE-2021-3549</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20197">CVE-2021-20197</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20284">CVE-2021-20284</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20294">CVE-2021-20294</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45078">CVE-2021-45078</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2022-08-14T21:47:19.226452Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2022-08-14T21:47:19.232334Z">sam</metadata>
</glsa>