Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.29.1-29.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINUTILSDEBUGINFO-1676694
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed20 Dec 2018

Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-1000876  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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.

binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer Overflow vulnerability in objdump, bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc that can result in Integer overflow trigger heap overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Local. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 3a551c7a1b80fca579461774860574eabfd7f18f.

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