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Resource Exhaustion Affecting binutils package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1940093
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 18 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20657 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 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. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.