CVE-2021-3487

Name
CVE-2021-3487
Description
There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils in versions before 2.36. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system availability by way of excessive memory consumption.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947111
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6V2LF5AVOUTHPYY2O5TRNAIXVMXFDGL/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNBNDMJWZOQYCEZXENHBSM6DBZ332UZZ/
Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3Z3KSJY3CLAAFFT7FNFCJOMDITPQGN56/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* binutils >= None < 2.36

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
binutils 3.13-main 2.35.2-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
binutils 3.12-main 2.34-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
binutils 3.11-main 2.33.1-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
binutils 3.10-main 2.32-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
binutils 3.14-main 2.35.2-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed