Out-of-bounds write in Binutils - CVE-2021-32256

 

Out-of-bounds write in Binutils - CVE-2021-32256

Published: April 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88554
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32256
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software

Binutils
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
ObjectScale
IBM Sterling Order Management
binutils-debuginfo
binutils-gold
binutils-debugsource
binutils-devel
binutils-gold-debuginfo
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
libctf-nobfd0
binutils
libctf0
libctf0-debuginfo
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource
cross-i386-binutils
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource
cross-spu-binutils
cross-arm-binutils
cross-ppc64-binutils
cross-hppa-binutils-debuginfo
cross-xtensa-binutils-debugsource
cross-rx-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ia64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa-binutils
cross-mips-binutils-debuginfo
cross-aarch64-binutils
cross-x86_64-binutils
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo
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-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-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-m68k-binutils
cross-rx-binutils-debugsource
cross-ia64-binutils-debugsource
cross-riscv64-binutils-debugsource
cross-epiphany-binutils-debuginfo
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource
cross-i386-binutils-debugsource
cross-xtensa-binutils-debuginfo
cross-rx-binutils
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo
cross-hppa64-binutils
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource
cross-riscv64-binutils
gdb
gdb-debuginfo
gdb-debugsource
gdb-gdbserver
gdb-headless
gdb-help
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2021-32256

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.36
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
binutils-debuginfo - 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-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.41-9.53.1, 2.41-150100.7.46.1
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 - 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
cross-epiphany-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-i386-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-avr-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-avr-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-spu-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils - 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-riscv64-binutils-debuginfo - 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-x86_64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-x86_64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-s390x-binutils-debuginfo - 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-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-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-m68k-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-rx-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-xtensa-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-rx-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-m68k-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-arm-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-hppa64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-sparc64-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
cross-riscv64-binutils - update to 2.41-150100.7.46.1
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor - update to 3.10.0
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.2403.1
gdb - update to 11.1-14
gdb-debuginfo - update to 11.1-14
gdb-debugsource - update to 11.1-14
gdb-gdbserver - update to 11.1-14
gdb-headless - update to 11.1-14
gdb-help - update to 11.1-14

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