Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <2.34-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675877
  • published11 Oct 2019
  • disclosed10 Oct 2019

Introduced: 10 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 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.

CVSS Scores

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