Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675882
  • published17 Mar 2021
  • disclosed26 Mar 2021

Introduced: 17 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.37-3 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.

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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