Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37.90.20220207-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675850
  • published15 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-46195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.37.90.20220207-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources.

CVSS Scores

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