NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.27-41.base.0.2.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-BINUTILSDEVEL-2535114
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Jun 2018

Introduced: 23 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 binutils-devel to version 0:2.27-41.base.0.2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2075.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.