NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1956274
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 22 Dec 2019
Introduced: 22 Dec 2019
CVE-2020-35496 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35496
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911444
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/