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CVE-2022-47696

Published: 22 August 2023

An issue was discovered Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via function compare_symbols.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.
ccdm94
the fix for this issue seems to be the same as the one for the issue
described by CVE-2023-25588.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9)
focal
Released (2.34-6ubuntu1.5)
jammy
Released (2.38-4ubuntu2.2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu4)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (2.40-2)
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H