Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerability in GNU Binutils affects IBM Netezza Performance Server

Summary

GNU Binutils is used by IBM Netezza Platform Server. IBM Netezza Platform Server has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3549
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds flaw in the objdump utility. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or a memory corruption.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202717 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None