CVE-2020-19726 Affecting binutils package, versions <2.34-6ubuntu1.7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-BINUTILS-5853956
  • published24 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-19726  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 binutils to version 2.34-6ubuntu1.7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1