Memory Leak Affecting binutils package, versions <2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-BINUTILS-5853810
- published 24 Aug 2023
- disclosed 22 Aug 2023
Introduced: 22 Aug 2023
CVE-2022-47008 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
binutils
to version 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.