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Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (45th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
4.7 medium
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Red Hat
4.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-1086496
  • published 17 Mar 2021
  • disclosed 26 Mar 2021
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Introduced: 17 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20284 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.