Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <2.34-1


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.72% (81st percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-518108
  • published 11 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.34-1 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.

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.