Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1938852
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 17 Jan 2017

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 binutils.

NVD Description

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

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low