Security Bulletin
Summary
GNU binutils is used by IBM Netezza Analytics. IBM Netezza Analytics has addressed the applicable CVEs by upgrading GNU binutils to latest version 2.36.1
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-20284
DESCRIPTION: GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section function in elf.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198864 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3487
DESCRIPTION: GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the read_section() function in dwarf2.c in the BFD library. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause excessive memory consumption.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-20294
DESCRIPTION: GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the readelf program. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201042 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2020-35448
DESCRIPTION: GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193875 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Netezza Analytics | 3.3.8 and lower |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
19 May 2021: Original Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
19 May 2021
UID
ibm16454439