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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.35-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (30th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-1050282
  • published 11 Dec 2020
  • disclosed 9 Dec 2020
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Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16591 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.35-1 or higher.

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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif.