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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-47008: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-47008: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/22/2023
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

Description

An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-binutils

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