Use of uninitialized resource in Binutils - CVE-2023-25588
Published: June 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92166
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25588
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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/