CVE-2021-45078

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-45078
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-15 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
Descriptionstab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils All All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-30) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-binutils-2.34-10.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-45078 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-binutils-2.34-10.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
28694 – stabs.c: Out-of-bounds write in stab_xcoff_builtin_type MISC sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit sourceware.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: mingw-binutils-2.37-3.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit MISC sourceware.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: mingw-binutils-2.37-3.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183608 Debian Security Update for binutils (CVE-2021-45078)
  • 199411 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU binutils Vulnerability (USN-6160-1)
  • 282201 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-f2c6802743)
  • 282202 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-3614c0b466)
  • 296062 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 43.113.3 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 671375 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1285)
  • 671376 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1301)
  • 671414 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1317)
  • 671421 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1341)
  • 671496 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1481)
  • 671514 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1500)
  • 671710 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2022-1706)
  • 710599 Gentoo Linux GNU Binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-30)
  • 752893 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1)
  • 752941 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:4277-1)
  • 900380 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (7026)
  • 901907 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (7032-1)
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