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CVE-2022-35205

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.7
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Notes


seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.


ccdm94

display_debug_names was added with commit 613643582c4f, not included in the binutils code for xenial and earlier.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6413-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 4 October 2023
    • USN-6544-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 11 December 2023

Other references