Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-73.0.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-BINUTILS-2558120
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010204  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)

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.

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.

CVSS Base Scores

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