CVE-2020-19724

NameCVE-2020-19724
DescriptionA memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
binutils (PTS)buster2.31.1-16vulnerable
bullseye2.35.2-2fixed
bookworm2.40-2fixed
sid, trixie2.42-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
binutilssource(unstable)2.33.50.20200114-1unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25362
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=805f38bc551de820bcd7b31d3c5731ae27cf853a (binutils-2_34
binutils not covered by security support

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