Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-79.0.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-BINUTILS-2572243
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 10 Oct 2019
Introduced: 10 Oct 2019
CVE-2019-17450 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8
binutils
to version 0:2.30-79.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4465
.
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.
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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2019-17450.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4465.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/