Fedora 37 update for mingw-binutils
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-1972 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system mingw-binutils Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Fedoraproject |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU76486
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1972
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() function in bfd/elf.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 37
mingw-binutils: before 2.38-8.fc37
External linkshttp://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b667dbdb59
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
