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Existe una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer de pila (heap-buffer-overflow) al procesar un archivo objeto XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) especialmente manipulado durante la vinculación. Un atacante local podría engañar a un usuario para que procese este archivo malicioso, lo que podría llevar a la ejecución de código arbitrario, permitiendo al atacante ejecutar comandos no autorizados, o causar una denegación de servicio, dejando el sistema no disponible."}],"affected":[{"source":"secalert@redhat.com","affectedData":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","collectionURL":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","packageName":"binutils","versions":[{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.47","versionType":"semver","status":"affected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Hardened Images","defaultStatus":"affected","collectionURL":"https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/","packageName":"binutils-main","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"],"versions":[{"version":"2.45.1-5.1.hum1","lessThan":"*","versionType":"rpm","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Hardened 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