CVE-2021-45078

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Last Modified on: 09/28/2022 07:54:00 PM UTC

CVE-2021-45078

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Debian Linux from Debian contain the following vulnerability:

stab_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.

CVE-2021-45078 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	NONE	REQUIRED
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 6.8 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
GNU Binutils: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-30) — Gentoo security	security.gentoo.org text/html	GENTOO GLSA-202208-30
CVE-2021-45078 GNU Binutils Vulnerability in NetApp Products \| NetApp Product Security	security.netapp.com text/html	CONFIRM security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0002/
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-binutils-2.34-10.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists	lists.fedoraproject.org text/html	FEDORA FEDORA-2021-f2c6802743
28694 – stabs.c: Out-of-bounds write in stab_xcoff_builtin_type	sourceware.org text/html	MISC sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28694
sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit	sourceware.org text/xml	MISC sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=161e87d12167b1e36193385485c1f6ce92f74f02
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: mingw-binutils-2.37-3.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists	lists.fedoraproject.org text/html	FEDORA FEDORA-2021-3614c0b466

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Related QID Numbers

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)

Exploit/POC from Github

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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
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

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@CVEreport	CVE-2021-45078 : stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2021-12-15 20:03:16
@Robo_Alerts	Potentially Critical CVE Detected! CVE-2021-45078 Description: stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2021-12-15 20:56:12
/r/netcve	CVE-2021-45078	2021-12-15 20:38:51