NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.30-119.0.2.el8_8.2
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- published 25 May 2023
- disclosed 27 Jan 2023
Introduced: 27 Jan 2023
CVE-2022-4285 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 binutils-devel to version 0:2.30-119.0.2.el8_8.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-6236.
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 illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-4285.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-2873.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70