{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-6413-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"binutils vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing checks\nwhen dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead to\nexcessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2017-17122, CVE-2017-8421)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds\nchecks when processing debug sections with objdump, which could lead to\nan overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20671, CVE-2018-6543)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils contained a reachable assertion, which\ncould lead to an intentional assertion failure when processing certain\ncrafted DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2022-35205)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled memory management\noperations in several of its functions, which could lead to excessive\nmemory consumption due to memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use\nthese issues to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2022-47007, CVE-2022-47008, CVE-2022-47010, CVE-2022-47011)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds\nchecks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead\nto excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a denial of service. 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