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Use After Free Affecting binutils package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1939371
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 31 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 31 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20623 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

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:8. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNU Binutils 2.31.1, there is a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c when called from the process_archive function in readelf.c via a crafted ELF file.