CVE-2020-16592

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16592
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-09 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.34 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.34 All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-binutils-2.32-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-binutils-2.34-4.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
25823 – Use after free in bfd_hash_lookup(), as demonstrated by nm-new MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
December 2020 GNU Binutils Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-binutils-2.34-4.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-binutils-2.32-8.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198551 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU binutils Vulnerabilities (USN-5124-1)
  • 670170 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1670)
  • 670363 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1767)
  • 670597 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-2355)
  • 751313 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1)
  • 751321 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3616-1)
  • 751331 OpenSUSE Security Update for binutils (openSUSE-SU-2021:3616-1)
  • 751350 OpenSUSE Security Update for binutils (openSUSE-SU-2021:1475-1)
  • 751916 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:0934-1)
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