Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting binutils package, versions *
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0.04% (11th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-3315701
- published 8 Feb 2023
- disclosed 12 Dec 2022
Introduced: 12 Dec 2022
CVE-2023-25588 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.
A flaw was found in Binutils. The field the_bfd
of asymbol
struct is uninitialized in the bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab
function, which may lead to an application crash and local denial of service.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
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