🛡️ ALSA-2024:2353 — mingw-binutils-generic (CVE-2023-1579)
Description
Moderate: mingw components security update
MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications.
Security Fix(es):
- binutils: Heap-buffer-overflow binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64 (CVE-2023-1579)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Affected software
ALSA-2024:2353 is recorded against 3 packages.
- mingw-binutils-generic (fixed in 2.41-3.el9)
- mingw32-binutils (fixed in 2.41-3.el9)
- mingw64-binutils (fixed in 2.41-3.el9)
Timeline and source
Published on 30 April 2024 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mingw-binutils-generic | — | 2.41-3.el9 |
| mingw32-binutils | — | 2.41-3.el9 |
| mingw64-binutils | — | 2.41-3.el9 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown RHSA-2024:2353
- Unknown RHSA-2021:1968
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