| Name | CVE-2023-1972 |
| Description | A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.42-4 | 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) | 2.41-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blobdiff;f=bfd/elf.c;h=185028cbd97ae0901c4276c8a4787b12bb75875a;hp=027d01437352555bc4ac0717cb0486c751a7775d;hb=c22d38baefc5a7a1e1f5cdc9dbb556b1f0ec5c57;hpb=f2f9bde5cde7ff34ed0a4c4682a211d402aa1086
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285
binutils not covered by security support