Security update for binutils

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2021:3637-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1183909 bsc#1184519 bsc#1188941 bsc#1191473 bsc#1192267
Cross-References:	CVE-2021-20294
CVSS scores:	CVE-2021-20294 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-20294 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	HPE Helion OpenStack 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for binutils fixes the following issues:

• For compatibility on old code stream that expect 'brcl 0,label' to not be disassembled as 'jgnop label' on s390x. (bsc#1192267) This reverts IBM zSeries HLASM support for now.
• Fixed that ppc64 optflags did not enable LTO (bsc#1188941).
• Fix empty man-pages from broken release tarball

• Fixed a memory corruption with rpath option (bsc#1191473).

• Fixed slow performance of stripping some binaries (bsc#1183909).

Security issue fixed:

• CVE-2021-20294: Fixed out-of-bounds write in print_dynamic_symbol in readelf (bnc#1184519)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-3637=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-3637=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-3637=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-3637=1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3637=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3637=1

Package List:

• HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-spu-binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-gold-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-spu-binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-gold-2.37-9.44.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 (x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-debugsource-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-devel-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • binutils-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo-2.37-9.44.1
  • libctf-nobfd0-2.37-9.44.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20294.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183909
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184519
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188941
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191473
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192267