USN-7306-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

26 February 2025

Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.

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Releases

Packages

  • binutils - GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

Details

It was discovered that GNU binutils in nm tool is affected by an
incorrect access control. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-57360)

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-0840)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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