Resource Exhaustion Affecting binutils package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (10th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-BINUTILS-5853733
  • published 24 Aug 2023
  • disclosed 22 Aug 2023

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 binutils.

NVD Description

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

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.