Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-35495 (CCN-194213)

Assigned:2020-12-30
Published:2020-12-30
Updated:2022-09-02
Summary:There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-35495

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1911441
(CVE-2020-35495) - CVE-2020-35495 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in bfd_pef_parse_symbols function in bfd/pef.c

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1911441

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
binutils-cve202035495-dos(194213)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-28c78a6ac3

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202107-24

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0007/

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Binutils Web site
Fix potential illegal memory access failures in the BFD library by ensuring

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6403806 (Netezza Analytics)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU binutils affect IBM Netezza Analytics

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6445777 (Netezza Performance Server)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils affect IBM Netezza Performance Server

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6453339 (Netezza Analytics for NPS)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU binutils affect IBM Netezza Analytics for NPS

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2.34)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:netapp:solidfire_&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:netapp:solidfire,_enterprise_sds_&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:ibm:netezza_analytics:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    gnu binutils *
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    netapp cloud backup -
    netapp ontap select deploy administration utility -
    netapp solidfire & hci management node -
    netapp solidfire, enterprise sds & hci storage node -
    broadcom brocade fabric operating system firmware -
    netapp hci compute node firmware -
    netapp hci compute node -
    gnu binutils -
    ibm netezza analytics 3.3.7