NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel-32bit package, versions <2.37-7.21.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES152-BINUTILSDEVEL32BIT-2661374
- published 14 Apr 2022
- disclosed 4 Nov 2021
Introduced: 4 Nov 2021
CVE-2020-35496 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.2 binutils-devel-32bit to version 2.37-7.21.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel-32bit package and not the binutils-devel-32bit package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.
There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35496.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180454
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911444
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KOK3QWSVOUJWJ54HVGIFWNLWQ5ZY4S6/