update: binutils

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Name: binutils
CVEs: CVE-2024-53589, CVE-2025-1176, CVE-2025-1178, CVE-2025-1179, CVE-2025-1180, CVE-2025-1181, CVE-2025-1182
CVSSs: 8.4, 5.0, 5.6, 5.0, 3.1, 5.0
Action Needed: update to >= 2.44

Summary:

• CVE-2024-53589: GNU objdump 2.43 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library's handling of tekhex format files. See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330669 , https://bushido-sec.com/index.php/2024/12/05/binutils-objdump-tekhex-buffer-overflow/.
• CVE-2025-1176: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344833
• CVE-2025-1178: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344834
• CVE-2025-1179: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344844
• CVE-2025-1180: A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This affects the function _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344846
• CVE-2025-1181: A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344852
• CVE-2025-1182: A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
  • https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2344853

refmap.gentoo: TBD

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Fixed in upstream binutils 2.44.

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Added CVE-2025-117[689], CVE-2025-118[012]