An update of 'binutils' packages of Photon OS has been released.

An update of the binutils package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-17 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review       the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially       crafted ELF, object, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of       Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via     a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-14933)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the crash package has been released.

An update of {'linux', 'curl', 'binutils', 'postgresql', 'libtiff'} packages of Photon OS has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
111916	Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2018-1.0-0104 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	4/5/2019	medium
121805	Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2018-1.0-0104	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	6/21/2024	medium
121915	Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2018-2.0-0016	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	7/22/2024	medium
119162	GLSA-201811-17 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	11/27/2018	7/19/2024	high
220690	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-14933	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
203529	Photon OS 4.0: Crash PHSA-2023-4.0-0414	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	critical
111286	Photon OS 2.0 : Linux / Postgresql / Binutils / Curl / Libtiff (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-2.0-0016) (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2018	4/5/2019	critical
203822	Photon OS 3.0: Crash PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	critical

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