NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel-32bit package, versions <2.41-150100.7.46.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-BINUTILSDEVEL32BIT-5922436
  • published28 Sept 2023
  • disclosed27 Sept 2023

Introduced: 27 Sep 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 binutils-devel-32bit to version 2.41-150100.7.46.1 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:15.3 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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