CVE-2022-48063

2023-08-2219:16:30

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

gnu binutils

excessive memory consumption

vulnerability

dns attack

crafted elf file

cve-2022-48063

unix

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%

JSON

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allbinutils< 2.40-2binutils_2.40-2_all.deb
Debian11allbinutils<= 2.35.2-2binutils_2.35.2-2_all.deb
Debian999allbinutils< 2.40-2binutils_2.40-2_all.deb
Debian13allbinutils< 2.40-2binutils_2.40-2_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	binutils	< 2.40-2	binutils_2.40-2_all.deb
Debian	11	all	binutils	<= 2.35.2-2	binutils_2.35.2-2_all.deb
Debian	999	all	binutils	< 2.40-2	binutils_2.40-2_all.deb
Debian	13	all	binutils	< 2.40-2	binutils_2.40-2_all.deb