Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1301
Advisory Released Date: 2025-12-08
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-12-08
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. This impacts the function bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. (CVE-2025-11412)
Affected Packages:
binutils
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update binutils --releasever 2023.9.20251208 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1301 --releasever 2023.9.20251208 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
binutils-devel-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-debugsource-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
src:
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.src
x86_64:
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-devel-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-gprofng-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-debugsource-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64