Out-of-Bounds Affecting gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GCCTOOLSET10BINUTILSDEVEL-1351993
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Nov 2020

Introduced: 22 Nov 2020

CVE-2021-20284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel package and not the gcc-toolset-10-binutils-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

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