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Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions <2.38.50.20220627-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.09% (36th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
4.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-455456
  • published 25 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 23 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010204 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 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 2.38.50.20220627-1 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.

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.