#VU86948 Resource exhaustion in Binutils - CVE-2022-48064
Published: March 1, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86948
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48064
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt() function in dwarf2.c. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion via a crafted ELF file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/