Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2771
Advisory Released Date: 2025-03-06
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-07
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)
Affected Packages:
binutils
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update binutils to update your system.
aarch64:
binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.i686
binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.i686
binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.0.2.x86_64