Use of Uninitialized Variable The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package binutils (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-BINUTILS-3316111
- published8 Feb 2023
- disclosed12 Dec 2022
Introduced: 12 Dec 2022
CVE-2023-25586 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:7.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Centos.
A flaw was found in Binutils. A logic fail in the bfd_init_section_decompress_status function may lead to the use of an uninitialized variable that can cause a crash and local denial of service.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502