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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0011
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0011)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils, cross-binutils, mingw-binutils' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0011 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils, cross-binutils, mingw-binutils' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0011 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that mingw-binutils and binutils suffered from two
vulnerabilities which might lead to DoS.

Null Pointer Dereference in debug_get_real_type could result in DoS
(CVE-2020-16598).

Use-after-free in bfd_hash_lookup could result in DoS (CVE-2020-16592).

Affected Software/OS:
'binutils, cross-binutils, mingw-binutils' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16592
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16598
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