Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-79.el8
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.6% (76th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-2075204
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 8 Oct 2019
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
binutils
to version 0:2.30-79.el8 or higher.
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.
find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.