Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2020-19724

 

Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2020-19724

Published: April 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88553
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-19724
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Affected software

Binutils
Ubuntu
binutils (Ubuntu package)
binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu package)
IBM Sterling Order Management

How to mitigate CVE-2020-19724

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

External References

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