{"id":"USN-6160-1","summary":"binutils vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly performed bounds checking\noperations when parsing stabs debugging information. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:29:51.013169Z","published":"2023-06-13T18:08:14Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45078"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-45078","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45078"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6160-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45078"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.34-6ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"}]}],"versions":["2.33-2ubuntu1","2.33.1-1ubuntu1","2.33.1-5ubuntu1","2.33.1-6ubuntu1","2.33.1-6ubuntu3","2.33.90.20200122-1ubuntu2","2.34-1ubuntu1","2.34-3ubuntu1","2.34-4ubuntu1","2.34-5ubuntu1","2.34-6ubuntu1","2.34-6ubuntu1.1","2.34-6ubuntu1.3","2.34-6ubuntu1.4","2.34-6ubuntu1.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6","binary_name":"binutils"},{"binary_name":"binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-alpha-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-common","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-for-build","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-for-host","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-hppa-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-i686-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-i686-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-ia64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-m68k-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-multiarch","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6","binary_name":"binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu"},{"binary_name":"binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-s390x-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-sh4-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-source","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6","binary_name":"binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu"},{"binary_name":"binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"libbinutils","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"libctf-nobfd0","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"},{"binary_name":"libctf0","binary_version":"2.34-6ubuntu1.6"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2021-45078"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6160-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}