USN-5762-1: GNU binutils vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• binutils - GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

Details

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain COFF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10

• binutils-multiarch - 2.39-3ubuntu1.1
• binutils - 2.39-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• binutils-multiarch - 2.38-4ubuntu2.1
• binutils - 2.38-4ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• binutils-multiarch - 2.34-6ubuntu1.4
• binutils - 2.34-6ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 18.04

• binutils-multiarch - 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8
• binutils - 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8

Ubuntu 16.04

• binutils-multiarch - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• binutils - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2022-38533

Related notices

• USN-6544-1: binutils-multiarch, binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu, binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, binutils-common, binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, binutils-multiarch-dev, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, libbinutils, binutils, binutils-ia64-linux-gnu, binutils-for-build, binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32, binutils-static, binutils-i686-gnu, binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, libctf0, binutils-for-host, binutils-i686-linux-gnu, binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu, binutils-dev, binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, libctf-nobfd0, binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, binutils-source, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu, binutils-doc, binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, binutils-alpha-linux-gnu