Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <0:2.30-108.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-BINUTILS-3282117
- published 3 Feb 2023
- disclosed 26 Mar 2021
Introduced: 26 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-20284 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 binutils to version 0:2.30-108.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4364.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20284
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20284
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1937784
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0010/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26931