Amazon Linux AMI update for binutils

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU76486

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1972

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The 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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    binutils-devel-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    binutils-gprofng-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    binutils-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64
    binutils-debugsource-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.aarch64

src:
    binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.src

x86_64:
    binutils-devel-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    binutils-gprofng-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    binutils-debuginfo-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    binutils-gprofng-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    binutils-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
    binutils-debugsource-2.39-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

binutils: before 2.39-6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:amazon_linux_ami:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-229.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.