There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35 and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-devel | May 4, 2022 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade binutils | Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-debugsourceUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils-debuginfo | Nov 10, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023129 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023173 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/binutils-libs.Upgrade sys-devel/binutils. | Aug 16, 2022 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Jun 28, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 2, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils to version 2.36.1-11.4.36.0.1.101.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-i386 to version 2.36.1-11.4.36.0.1.101.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-sparc to version 2.36.1-11.4.36.0.1.101.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Aug 27, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Nov 17, 2021 | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils-debugsourceUpgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutilsNo solution exists | Nov 10, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-debugsourceUpgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Mar 12, 2024 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cross-ppc-binutilsUpgrade cross-spu-binutilsUpgrade cross-rx-binutilsUpgrade cross-m68k-binutilsUpgrade cross-epiphany-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel-32bitUpgrade bpftraceUpgrade cross-sparc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-aarch64-binutilsUpgrade binutils-goldUpgrade cross-ppc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390-binutilsUpgrade cross-mips-binutilsUpgrade cross-i386-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390x-binutilsUpgrade libctf-nobfd0Upgrade cross-sparc-binutilsUpgrade cross-avr-binutilsUpgrade cross-riscv64-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa64-binutilsUpgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-x86_64-binutilsUpgrade cross-ia64-binutilsUpgrade cross-arm-binutilsUpgrade bpftrace-toolsUpgrade cross-hppa-binutilsUpgrade libctf0Upgrade cross-ppc64le-binutilsUpgrade cross-xtensa-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Nov 3, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 26, 2021 |
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