Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-38533 |
CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system binutils Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU69913
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38533
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_getl32() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to process a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.
Update the affected packages:
aarch64:Vulnerable software versions
binutils-devel-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-gprofng-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
binutils-debugsource-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
src:
binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.src
x86_64:
binutils-devel-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-gprofng-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
binutils-debugsource-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
binutils: before 2.39-6
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-119.html
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.