Use After Free Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.32-7.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-BINUTILSGOLD-2732694
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Oct 2019

Introduced: 24 Oct 2019

CVE-2018-20623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 binutils-gold to version 2.32-7.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-gold package and not the binutils-gold package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNU Binutils 2.31.1, there is a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c when called from the process_archive function in readelf.c via a crafted ELF file.