Description
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified