Improper Initialization in Binutils - CVE-2020-35342
Published: April 16, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88550
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35342
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to GNU Binutils has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c). A remote attacker can run a specially crafted application to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges on the system.
Affected software
Binutils
Ubuntu
binutils (Ubuntu package)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package)
IBM Sterling Order Management
Ubuntu
binutils (Ubuntu package)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package)
IBM Sterling Order Management
How to mitigate CVE-2020-35342
Install updates from vendor's website.
Binutils - update to 2.34
binutils (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.2403.1
binutils (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.2403.1