Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1191
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-29
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-7546)
Affected Packages:
binutils
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update binutils --releasever 2023.9.20250929 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1191 --releasever 2023.9.20250929 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.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
binutils-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
binutils-debugsource-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
src:
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.src
x86_64:
binutils-devel-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
binutils-debuginfo-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
binutils-gprofng-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
binutils-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
binutils-debugsource-2.41-50.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64