vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-f4c54b81-bcc8-11eb-a7a6-080027f515ea (CVE-2021-3487): binutils -- excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c read_section()
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 13, 2021 | Nov 4, 2022 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 13, 2021
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Hao Wang reports: 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.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-binutils
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