#VU19608 Resource exhaustion in Binutils - CVE-2019-9071
Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19608
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9071
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the d_count_templates_scopes() function in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.