Low: binutils

2023-11-2922:20:00

alas.aws.amazon.com

gnu libiberty

binutils

cve-2021-32256

al2 core

update

stack-overflow

security

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.1%

JSON

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow issue in demangle_type in rust-demangle.c. (CVE-2021-32256)

Affected Packages:

binutils

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update binutils to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64  
    binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64  
    binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686  
    binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686  
    binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64  
    binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64  
    binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-32256

Mitre: CVE-2021-32256

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Amazon Linux2aarch64binutils< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux2aarch64binutils-devel< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux2aarch64binutils-debuginfo< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux2i686binutils< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux2i686binutils-devel< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux2i686binutils-debuginfo< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux2x86_64binutils< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm
Amazon Linux2x86_64binutils-devel< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm
Amazon Linux2x86_64binutils-debuginfo< 2.29.1-31.amzn2binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Amazon Linux	2	aarch64	binutils	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	aarch64	binutils-devel	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	aarch64	binutils-debuginfo	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.aarch64.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	i686	binutils	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	i686	binutils-devel	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	i686	binutils-debuginfo	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.i686.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	x86_64	binutils	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	x86_64	binutils-devel	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-devel-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm
Amazon Linux	2	x86_64	binutils-debuginfo	< 2.29.1-31.amzn2	binutils-debuginfo-2.29.1-31.amzn2.x86_64.rpm