Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-3530 |
CWE-ID | CWE-674 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Binutils Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | GNU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU66490
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3530
CWE-ID:
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion within the demangle_path() function in rust-demangle.c in GNU libiberty. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsBinutils: 2.36
External linkshttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956423
http://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/binutils/blob/rawhide/f/binutils-CVE-2021-3530.patch
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0006/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.