Heap-based buffer overflow in Gnu - CVE-2022-38533

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69913

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38533

CWE-ID: CWE-122

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 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.

Gnu
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
cflinuxfs3
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
Platform Automation Toolkit
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for VMs
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
binutils (Ubuntu package)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package)
mingw-binutils
binutils
binutils-debuginfo
binutils-debugsource
binutils-devel
libctf-nobfd0
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
libctf0
libctf0-debuginfo
binutils-gold-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource
cross-spu-binutils
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo
binutils-gold
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc64-binutils
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc-binutils
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-debuginfo
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo
binutils-devel-32bit
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc64le-binutils
cross-aarch64-binutils-debugsource
cross-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource
cross-x86_64-binutils
cross-s390x-binutils-debugsource
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo
cross-s390x-binutils
cross-avr-binutils
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-debuginfo
cross-epiphany-binutils
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo
cross-riscv64-binutils
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo
cross-arm-binutils
cross-i386-binutils
cross-ppc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc64-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debugsource
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo
cross-mips-binutils
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-hppa64-binutils-debugsource
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource
sys-devel/binutils
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.344.0
binutils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8, 2.34-6ubuntu1.4, 2.34-6ubuntu1.7, 2.38-4ubuntu2.1, 2.38-4ubuntu2.4, 2.39-3ubuntu1.1
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8, 2.34-6ubuntu1.4, 2.34-6ubuntu1.7, 2.38-4ubuntu2.1, 2.38-4ubuntu2.4, 2.39-3ubuntu1.1
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.51, 3.0.2
Isolation Segment - addressed in versions 2.11.25, 2.12.15, 2.13.10, 3.0.7
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs - addressed in versions 2.11.31, 2.12.20, 2.13.13, 3.0.7
mingw-binutils - addressed in versions 2.37-5.fc36, 2.38-5.fc37
binutils - update to 2.39-6
binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.39-9.50.1, 2.39-150100.7.40.1
binutils - 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-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
binutils-gold - 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
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-sparc-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-sparc-binutils - 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-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo - 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-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 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 - 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-avr-binutils - 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-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-epiphany-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-riscv64-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-arm-binutils - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-i386-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-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-mips-binutils - 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-hppa64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.39-150100.7.40.1
sys-devel/binutils - update to 2.40
Platform Automation Toolkit - addressed in versions 4.0.13, 4.1.13, 4.2.8, 4.3.5
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://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482#c2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0007/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AKZ2DTS3ATVN5PANNVLKLE5OP4OF25Q/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MTEHT3G6YKJ7F7MSGWYSI4UM3XBAYXZ/

• Denial of service in GNU Binutils
• Ubuntu update for binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in cflinuxfs3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• VMware Tanzu products update for GNU binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC SRM and Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• Ubuntu update for binutils
• Amazon Linux AMI update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils
• Gentoo update for GNU Binutils
• Fedora 36 update for mingw-binutils
• Fedora 37 update for mingw-binutils