Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-73.0.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.44% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-BINUTILS-2558055
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 binutils to version 0:2.30-73.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1797.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High