Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.30-108.0.2.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-BINUTILSDEVEL-2593298
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 27 Dec 2020
Introduced: 27 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-35448 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 binutils-devel to version 0:2.30-108.0.2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4364.
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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2020-35448.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4364.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0008/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26574
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8642dafaef21aa6747cec01df1977e9c52eb4679
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8642dafaef21aa6747cec01df1977e9c52eb4679