NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.29.1-29.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.83% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINUTILSDEBUGINFO-1676661
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Jun 2018

Introduced: 23 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 binutils-debuginfo to version 0:2.29.1-29.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1358.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-debuginfo package and not the binutils-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.