CVE-2020-16592
Published: December 9, 2020Last modified: November 8, 2023
Description
A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Attack complexity | LOW |
Privileges required | NONE |
User interaction | REQUIRED |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality | NONE |
Integrity impact | NONE |
Availability impact | HIGH |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
Product | Release | Package | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | binutils | Not affected (2.39-r2) |
Stream | binutils | Not affected (2.41-r0) |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DJIW6KKY2TSLD43XEZXG56WREIIBUIIQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKIMSD5FIC3QFJDKNHR2PSO6JYJGCLHB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210115-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25823
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7ecb51549ab1ec22aba5aaf34b70323cf0b8509a