SB2021041238 - Fedora 34 update for mingw-binutils
Published: April 12, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021041238
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3487)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the BFD library in binutils. A remote attacker who supplies a crafted file to an application linked with BFD can use the DWARF functionality to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.