CVE-2021-20284

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20284
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-26 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.35.1 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-30) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1937784 – (CVE-2021-20284) CVE-2021-20284 binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
26931 – [nm] crash with ASAN in display_rel_file MISC sourceware.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2021-20284 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159495 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (ELSA-2021-4364)
  • 182009 Debian Security Update for binutils (CVE-2021-20284)
  • 239817 Red Hat Update for binutils (RHSA-2021:4364)
  • 710599 Gentoo Linux GNU Binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-30)
  • 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)
  • 940080 AlmaLinux Security Update for binutils (ALSA-2021:4364)
  • 960767 Rocky Linux Security Update for binutils (RLSA-2021:4364)
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