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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutilsUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold | May 23, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade binutils | Mar 21, 2024 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldUpgrade cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-debugsourceUpgrade binutils-gold-debuginfoUpgrade cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel | May 17, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024120 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024158 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-devel/binutils. | Oct 2, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade binutils | May 8, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develUpgrade binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils | May 24, 2023 | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-gold-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-debugsourceUpgrade binutils-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develUpgrade cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo | May 17, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfoUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutilsUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develUpgrade gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo | Mar 5, 2024 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cross-spu-binutilsUpgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-m68k-binutilsUpgrade cross-xtensa-binutilsUpgrade cross-sparc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-aarch64-binutilsUpgrade cross-rx-binutilsUpgrade cross-sparc-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel-32bitUpgrade cross-riscv64-binutilsUpgrade cross-epiphany-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa64-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390x-binutilsUpgrade cross-i386-binutilsUpgrade cross-x86_64-binutilsUpgrade cross-ia64-binutilsUpgrade cross-mips-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc64-binutilsUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade cross-hppa-binutilsUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade cross-avr-binutilsUpgrade libctf0Upgrade cross-arm-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390-binutilsUpgrade libctf-nobfd0Upgrade cross-ppc64le-binutils | Sep 21, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade gdbUpgrade binutils-multiarchUpgrade binutils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gdbserver | Dec 12, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 27, 2023 |
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