# RHSA-2024:9689: Security update for 2 packages

RHSA-2024:9689, released November 14, 2024, fixes 1 CVE across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2024-9689
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Nov 14, 2024
- Priority: Routine (Closes CVE-2018-12699)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9689

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [binutils](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/binutils.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.30-125.el8_10 |
| [binutils-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/binutils-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.30-125.el8_10 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2018-12699](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2018-12699.md) | Routine | binutils-sh4-linux-gnu: finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow... | n/a | 0.0453 |  |

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