CVE-2018-9138 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-9138: An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there are recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args, demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-9138 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

binutils→ fixed in2.32.51.20190707-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y binutils
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

binutils→ fixed in2.32.51.20190707-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y binutils
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

binutils→ fixed in2.32.51.20190707-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y binutils
```

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