Heap-based buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2023-1972

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76486

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1972

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_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.

Binutils
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Ubuntu security updates mailing list (Ubuntu package)
gdbserver (Ubuntu package)
gdb (Ubuntu package)
mingw-binutils
binutils
binutils-debugsource
binutils-debuginfo
binutils-devel
binutils-help
sys-devel/binutils
binutils-gold-debuginfo
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
libctf-nobfd0
libctf0-debuginfo
libctf0
binutils-gold
cross-arm-binutils
cross-m68k-binutils
cross-spu-binutils
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64-binutils
cross-hppa-binutils-debuginfo
cross-xtensa-binutils-debugsource
cross-rx-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ia64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-i386-binutils
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-x86_64-binutils
cross-s390x-binutils
cross-s390x-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64le-binutils
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils-debugsource
binutils-devel-32bit
cross-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-mips-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debugsource
cross-s390-binutils-debuginfo
cross-s390-binutils
cross-avr-binutils
cross-i386-binutils-debuginfo
cross-epiphany-binutils
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc-binutils
cross-xtensa-binutils
cross-s390-binutils-debugsource
cross-sparc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc64-binutils
cross-rx-binutils-debugsource
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ia64-binutils
cross-sparc-binutils
cross-hppa-binutils-debugsource
cross-hppa64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-sparc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa64-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-ia64-binutils-debugsource
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource
cross-epiphany-binutils-debuginfo
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource
cross-i386-binutils-debugsource
cross-riscv64-binutils
cross-hppa64-binutils
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo
cross-rx-binutils
cross-xtensa-binutils-debuginfo
insight
ObjectScale
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.40
Ubuntu security updates mailing list (Ubuntu package) - update to Security announcements mailing list
gdbserver (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2, 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
gdb (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2, 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.2.0
mingw-binutils - addressed in versions 2.37-8.fc36, 2.38-8.fc37, 2.39-7.fc38
binutils - addressed in versions 2.37-23, 2.37-25
binutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.37-23, 2.37-25
binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.37-23, 2.37-25
binutils-devel - addressed in versions 2.37-23, 2.37-25
binutils-help - addressed in versions 2.37-23, 2.37-25
binutils - update to 2.39-6
sys-devel/binutils - update to 2.40
binutils-devel - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils-gold-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
libctf-nobfd0 - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
libctf0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
libctf0 - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils-gold - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-m68k-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-spu-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-xtensa-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-rx-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ia64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-i386-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-aarch64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-x86_64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390x-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390x-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64le-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-aarch64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-aarch64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
binutils-devel-32bit - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-mips-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-mips-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-avr-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-i386-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-epiphany-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-xtensa-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-rx-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ia64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ppc64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-ia64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-epiphany-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-i386-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-riscv64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-rx-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-xtensa-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120
insight - addressed in versions 13.0.50.20220502-9.fc36, 13.0.50.20220502-9.fc37, 13.0.50.20220502-9.fc38

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blobdiff;f=bfd/elf.c;h=185028cbd97ae0901c4276c8a4787b12bb75875a;hp=027d01437352555bc4ac0717cb0486c751a7775d;hb=c22d38baefc5a7a1e1f5cdc9dbb556b1f0ec5c57;hpb=f2f9bde5cde7ff34ed0a4c4682a211d402aa1086

• Fedora 36 update for insight
• Fedora 38 update for insight
• Fedora 37 update for insight
• Fedora 37 update for mingw-binutils
• Fedora 36 update for mingw-binutils
• Fedora 38 update for mingw-binutils
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for binutils
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for binutils
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP2 update for binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• Ubuntu update for gdb
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ObjectScale
• SUSE update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils
• Gentoo update for GNU Binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
• Amazon Linux AMI update for binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Security