binutils security update
Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar (for creating, modifying and extracting from archives), as (a family of GNU assemblers), gprof (for displaying call graph profile data), ld (the GNU linker), nm (for listing symbols from object files), objcopy (for copying and translating object files), objdump (for displaying information from object files), ranlib (for generating an index for the contents of an archive), readelf (for displaying detailed information about binary files), size (for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file), strings (for listing printable strings from files), strip (for discarding symbols), and addr2line (for converting addresses to file and line).
Security Fix(es):
https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ nm >=2.43 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The type of exploitation is: local. The component is: nm --without-symbol-version function.(CVE-2024-57360)
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-0840)
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability high.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
OESA-2025-1100 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 8 February 2025 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
binutils has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| binutils | — | 2.41-10.oe2403 |
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