NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-119.el8_8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BINUTILS-6042417
  • published5 Dec 2022
  • disclosed19 Oct 2022

Introduced: 19 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-4285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 binutils to version 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6236.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

CVSS Scores

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