SB2022103016 - Fedora 37 update for mingw-binutils

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SB2022103016 - Fedora 37 update for mingw-binutils

Published: October 30, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022103016
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3826)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the dlang_lname() function in d-demangle.c in libiberty. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a crafted mangled symbol.


2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38533)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_getl32() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to process a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References