Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils, the worst of which could result in denial of service.
| Package | sys-devel/binutils on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.38 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.38 |
| Package | sys-libs/binutils-libs on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.38 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.38 |
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.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.38"
All Binutils library users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.38"