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CVE-2020-19726

Published: 22 August 2023

An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (2.34-6ubuntu1.7)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.38-3ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu4)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.41-4ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (2.36)
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4fd8d5856435ff84de1f181381fc51754285af6f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H