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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-526866
  • published 10 Dec 2018
  • disclosed 10 Dec 2018
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Introduced: 10 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20002 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.32.51.20190707-1 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.

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.