Uncontrolled Recursion in Binutils - CVE-2021-3530

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66490

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3530

CWE-ID: CWE-674

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The 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.

Binutils
Gentoo Linux
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sys-libs/binutils-libs
sys-devel/binutils
binutils
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource
binutils-debuginfo
binutils-debugsource
binutils-devel
libctf-nobfd0
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
libctf0
libctf0-debuginfo
binutils-gold
binutils-gold-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource
cross-spu-binutils
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-x86_64-binutils
cross-s390x-binutils-debugsource
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo
cross-s390x-binutils
cross-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc64-binutils
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource
cross-arm-binutils
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo
cross-epiphany-binutils-debuginfo
cross-avr-binutils
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource
binutils-devel-32bit
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc64le-binutils
cross-aarch64-binutils-debugsource
cross-i386-binutils
cross-mips-binutils
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo
cross-m68k-binutils
cross-ia64-binutils-debugsource
cross-ia64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ia64-binutils
cross-i386-binutils-debugsource
cross-i386-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc-binutils
cross-hppa64-binutils-debugsource
cross-hppa64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa64-binutils
cross-hppa-binutils-debugsource
cross-hppa-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa-binutils
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource
cross-epiphany-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-s390-binutils-debugsource
cross-s390-binutils-debuginfo
cross-s390-binutils
cross-rx-binutils-debugsource
cross-rx-binutils-debuginfo
cross-rx-binutils
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource
cross-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-riscv64-binutils
cross-ppc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc64-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.36.1
sys-libs/binutils-libs - update to 2.38
sys-devel/binutils - update to 2.38
binutils - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-devel - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
libctf-nobfd0 - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
libctf0 - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
libctf0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-gold - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-gold-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc-binutils - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-spu-binutils - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-aarch64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-x86_64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390x-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390x-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-epiphany-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-avr-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils-devel-32bit - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-aarch64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-i386-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-mips-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-m68k-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ia64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ia64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ia64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-i386-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-i386-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-hppa-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-epiphany-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-mips-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-s390-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-rx-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-rx-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-rx-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-riscv64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-ppc64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.411
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956423
• https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/binutils/blob/rawhide/f/binutils-CVE-2021-3530.patch
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0006/

• Denial of service in GNU Binutils
• Gentoo update for GNU Binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC SRM and Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• SUSE update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils