SB2020121833 - Fedora 32 update for mingw-binutils
Published: December 18, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020121833
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16592)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists in bfd_hash_lookup. A local attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger use-after-free and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.