Debian bookworm
Source: Debian Security Tracker
binutils→ fixed in2.37-3urgency: unimportantsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y binutils
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CVE-2020-35448 · cross-distro fix matrix
CVE-2020-35448: An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.
Affects 7 Linux releases across 12 (distro × package) combinations.
Fix per ecosystem
Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-35448 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.
Debian trixie
Source: Debian Security Tracker
binutils→ fixed in2.37-3urgency: unimportantsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y binutils
Alpine v3.20
Source: Alpine secdb
binutils-cross-embedded→ fixed in2.37-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade binutils-cross-embedded
mingw-w64-binutils→ fixed in2.36-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade mingw-w64-binutils
Alpine v3.21
Source: Alpine secdb
binutils-cross-embedded→ fixed in2.37-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade binutils-cross-embedded
mingw-w64-binutils→ fixed in2.36-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade mingw-w64-binutils
Alpine edge
Source: Alpine secdb
binutils-cross-embedded→ fixed in2.37-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade binutils-cross-embedded
mingw-w64-binutils→ fixed in2.36-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade mingw-w64-binutils
Alpine v3.18
Source: Alpine secdb
binutils-cross-embedded→ fixed in2.37-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade binutils-cross-embedded
mingw-w64-binutils→ fixed in2.36-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade mingw-w64-binutils
Alpine v3.19
Source: Alpine secdb
binutils-cross-embedded→ fixed in2.37-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade binutils-cross-embedded
mingw-w64-binutils→ fixed in2.36-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade mingw-w64-binutils
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