VMware Tanzu products update for GNU binutils

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU69913

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38533

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_getl32() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to process a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for VMs: All versions

Isolation Segment: before 3.0.7

VMware Tanzu Operations Manager: before 3.0.2

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs: before 3.0.7

Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes: before 2.0.0

Platform Automation Toolkit: before 4.3.5

External links

http://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-5762-1

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.