PT-2023-6124 · Gnu+6 · Binutils+6

Yuxuan He · Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2022-47008

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Binutils versions 2.34 through 2.38

Description The issue is related to memory leaks in the make tempdir and make tempname functions in bucomm.c. This can allow attackers to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with memory deallocation errors, which can be exploited to disrupt service.

Recommendations For Binutils versions 2.34 through 2.38, consider disabling the make tempdir and make tempname functions in bucomm.c as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-9331

AZL-28053

BDU:2023-06830

CVE-2022-47008

OESA-2023-1570

ROSA-SA-2025-2645

USN-6413-1

USN-6581-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Binutils

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Os

Ubuntu

References · 38

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29255%20 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-44840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47011 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6413-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-47008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1570 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-28053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-47008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47008 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46174 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6413-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06830 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6581-1 · Vendor Advisory