Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (10th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-5903056
- published 15 Sep 2023
- disclosed 14 Sep 2023
Introduced: 14 Sep 2023
CVE-2023-25588 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in Binutils. The field the_bfd of asymbolstruct is uninitialized in the bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab function, which may lead to an application crash and local denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-25588
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/