SB2023082022 - Fedora 36 update for mingw-binutils
Published: August 20, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023082022
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1972)
CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
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_elf_slurp_version_tables() function in bfd/elf.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.