CVE-2020-35448

binutils: The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object...

CVE-2020-35448 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2021:4364, released November 9, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0124
69th percentile

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities. Security Fix(es): * binutils: Excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c read_section() (CVE-2021-3487) * binutils: Race window allows users to own arbitrary files (CVE-2021-20197) * binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl_signed_32() in libbfd.c because sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section() in elf.c (CVE-2020-35448) * binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c (CVE-2021-20284) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
binutils · RHEL 8 0:2.30-108.el8 RHSA-2021:4364 Nov 9, 2021
binutils · ol 8 0:2.30-108.0.2.el8 ELSA-2021-4364 Nov 16, 2021
binutils · rocky 8 0:2.30-108.el8 RLSA-2021:4364 Nov 9, 2021
binutils-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.30-108.el8 RHSA-2021:4364 Nov 9, 2021
binutils-devel · almalinux 8 2.30-108.el8 ALSA-2021:4364 Nov 9, 2021
binutils-devel · ol 8 0:2.30-108.0.2.el8 ELSA-2021-4364 Nov 16, 2021

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