Use of uninitialized resource in Binutils - CVE-2023-25588

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92166

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-2023-25588

CWE-ID: CWE-908

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to field `the_bfd` of `asymbol`struct is uninitialized in the `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab` function. A local user can trick the victim into opening specially crafted data, leading to an application crash and local denial of service.

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
ObjectScale
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
binutils-gold
binutils-debuginfo
libctf0-debuginfo
libctf0
binutils
libctf-nobfd0
binutils-gold-debuginfo
binutils-devel
binutils-debugsource
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
cross-arm-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-hppa-binutils
cross-i386-binutils
cross-ppc64-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-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-m68k-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-mips-binutils-debuginfo
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
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.41
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.2.0
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
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 - 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-gold-debuginfo - 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-debugsource - 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
cross-arm-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-hppa-binutils - 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-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-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-m68k-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-mips-binutils-debuginfo - 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
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ObjectScale
• SUSE update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Security