Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-3487 (CCN-200073)

Assigned:2020-11-25
Published:2020-11-25
Updated:2022-10-27
Summary:There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils in versions before 2.36. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system availability by way of excessive memory consumption.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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): Network
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
6.5 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.1 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
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-20
CWE-400
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-3487

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla - Bug 1947111
(CVE-2021-3487) - CVE-2021-3487 binutils: excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c read_section()

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947111

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
binutils-cve20213487-dos(200073)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-7ca24ddc86

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-d23d016509

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-9bd201dd4d

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202208-30

Source: CCN
Type: binutils-gdb GIT Repository
Prevent a memory allocation failure when parsing corrupt DWARF debug sections.

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 6454439 (Netezza Analytics)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU binutils affect IBM Netezza Analytics

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6479365 (Netezza Platform Software)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils affect IBM Netezza Platform Software

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 6560126 (Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container)
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Universal Base Image version 8.4-206.1626828523 and Binutils version 2.30-93

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2.36)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7991
    P
    		binutils-devel-32bit-2.39-150100.7.40.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7451
    P
    		binutils-2.39-150100.7.40.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7446
    P
    		bash-4.4-150400.25.22 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7490
    P
    		emacs-27.2-150400.3.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51976
    P
    		Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate)
    2022-12-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:804
    P
    		Security update for postgresql-jdbc (Important)
    2022-10-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95430
    P
    		Security update for gimp (Moderate)
    2022-08-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3705
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2022-07-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3366
    P
    		socat-1.7.2.4-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3522
    P
    		hardlink-1.0-6.38 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94634
    P
    		libekmfweb1-2.19.0-150400.5.5 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94926
    P
    		libXinerama1-32bit-1.1.3-1.22 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94508
    P
    		binutils-2.37-150100.7.29.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2878
    P
    		binutils-2.37-150100.7.29.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94996
    P
    		binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-150100.7.29.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102143
    P
    		Security update for python-paramiko (Moderate)
    2022-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4585
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)
    2022-04-25
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99758
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-03-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100069
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-01-25
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112006
    P
    		binutils-2.37-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101639
    P
    		Security update for libsndfile (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99165
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4517
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)
    2021-11-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111132
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-15
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20214364
    P
    		RHSA-2021:4364: binutils security update (Moderate)
    2021-11-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93428
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109250
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76376
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95871
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106050
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9809
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92215
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99692
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5882
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67308
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118335
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94195
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108013
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74674
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101535
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8859
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69949
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65606
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93584
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1134
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106249
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10360
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92410
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100011
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:6219
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68535
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94406
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93110
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108305
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74742
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101812
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105660
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9054
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70500
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102584
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65674
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99360
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117527
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93769
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1489
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106448
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73733
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92609
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100347
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68579
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101347
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64611
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93270
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108809
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76039
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102069
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105855
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9610
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92020
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99157
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66971
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99559
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117819
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93983
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106735
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73916
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92808
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100676
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111775
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69750
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64794
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98970
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31296
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57522
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86163
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33734
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59815
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88528
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29441
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55966
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84230
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5145
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31699
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58035
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86676
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23698
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51686
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:82648
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125621
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33992
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60406
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89212
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30143
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:56086
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84688
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32212
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58859
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87500
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23988
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83350
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:126788
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34583
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89470
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30263
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57119
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:85760
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33036
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59557
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88211
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26158
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55264
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83470
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:127185
    P
    		Security update for binutils (Moderate)
    2021-11-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105564
    P
    		binutils-2.37-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    BACK
    gnu binutils *
    redhat enterprise linux 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux 8.0
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    fedoraproject fedora 34
    gnu binutils 2.35