A new update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here the announcement:
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: binutils security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:659-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html
Issue date: 2005-09-28
Updated on: 2005-09-28
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE Names: CAN-2005-1704
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1. Summary:
An updated binutils package that fixes several bugs and minor security
issues is now available.
This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Problem description:
Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable
code. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools.
Several integer overflow bugs were found in binutils. If a user is tricked
into processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such as
readelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution of
arbitrary code as the user running the utility. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1704
to this issue.
Additionally, the following bugs have been fixed:
- -- correct alignment of .tbss section if the requested alignment
of .tbss is bigger than requested alignment of .tdata section
- -- by default issue an error if IA-64 hint@pause instruction is
put into the B slot, add assembler command line switch to
override this behaviour
All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to resolve these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
157983 - gcc produces inadequate alignment for __thread vars
164364 - CAN-2005-1704 Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
i386:
40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm
ia64:
d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm
ppc:
80f84bae3f54898f94bfca3f63281fe9 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ppc.rpm
s390:
2decc07a7a4765f8b51c5a6e346a6ab9 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.s390.rpm
s390x:
525405b42381b13512b184ba2c43a12b binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
i386:
40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm
x86_64:
3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
i386:
40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm
ia64:
d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm
i386:
40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm
ia64:
d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-1704
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
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