PT-2023-5194 · Gnu+7 · Binutils+7

Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2022-47695

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Binutils versions prior to 2.39.3

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the bfd mach o get synthetic symtab function in match-o.c. This can allow attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.39.3, update to version 2.39.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the bfd mach o get synthetic symtab function in match-o.c until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-9331

BDU:2023-05798

CVE-2022-47695

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3825-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1

ROSA-SA-2025-2645

SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1

USN-6381-1

USN-6655-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Binutils

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 79

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29846 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6655-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6655-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2022-47695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47695 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6381-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45703 · Vendor Advisory