Homepage
About Snyk

Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.35.2-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.24% (65th percentile)
Expand this section
NVD
7.8 high
Expand this section
SUSE
7 high
Expand this section
Red Hat
7 high

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-1089442
  • published 28 Mar 2021
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2021
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 28 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20294 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.35.2-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in binutils readelf 2.35 program. An attacker who is able to convince a victim using readelf to read a crafted file could trigger a stack buffer overflow, out-of-bounds write of arbitrary data supplied by the attacker. The highest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References