Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-BINUTILSDEVEL-5741701
  • published28 Jun 2023
  • disclosed17 May 2023

Introduced: 17 May 2023

CVE-2023-1972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 binutils-devel to version 0:2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-229.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.

CVSS Base Scores

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