Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-125.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.18% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-BINUTILS-8382302
  • published15 Nov 2024
  • disclosed14 Nov 2024

Introduced: 14 Nov 2024

CVE-2018-12699  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 binutils to version 0:2.30-125.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9689.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.