OESA-2023-1593 (CVE-2022-4285)
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-09-09 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source websiteThe GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are: ld - the GNU linker. as - the GNU assembler. addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers. ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives. c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs. gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test. gprof - Displays profiling information. nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM. nm - Lists symbols from object files. objcopy - Copies and translates object files. objdump - Displays information from object files. ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive. readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file. size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file. strings - Lists printable strings from files. trip - Discards symbols. windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler. windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.
Security Fix(es):
An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.(CVE-2022-4285)
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.(CVE-2022-48064)
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"aarch64": [
"binutils-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
"binutils-debuginfo-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
"binutils-help-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
"binutils-debugsource-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
"binutils-devel-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm"
],
"src": [
"binutils-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.src.rpm"
],
"x86_64": [
"binutils-devel-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
"binutils-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
"binutils-help-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
"binutils-debugsource-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
"binutils-debuginfo-2.37-23.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm"
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1",
"name": "binutils",
"purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/binutils\u0026distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP1"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.37-23.oe2203sp1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"severity": "Medium"
},
"details": "The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are: ld - the GNU linker. as - the GNU assembler. addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers. ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives. c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs. gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test. gprof - Displays profiling information. nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM. nm - Lists symbols from object files. objcopy - Copies and translates object files. objdump - Displays information from object files. ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive. readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file. size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file. strings - Lists printable strings from files. trip - Discards symbols. windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler. windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nAn illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.(CVE-2022-4285)\r\n\r\nGNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.(CVE-2022-48064)\r\n\r\nA potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)",
"id": "OESA-2023-1593",
"modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:02Z",
"published": "2023-09-09T11:06:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1593"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4285"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48064"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1972"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.2",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "binutils security update",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2022-4285",
"CVE-2022-48064",
"CVE-2023-1972"
]
}
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