| Name | CVE-2020-16590 |
| Description | A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35 in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | stretch | 2.28-5 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 2.38-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.35-1 | unimportant |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4
binutils not covered by security support