| Name | CVE-2020-35494 |
| Description | There's a flaw in binutils /opcodes/tic4x-dis.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by binutils could cause usage of uninitialized memory. The highest threat is to application availability with a lower threat to data confidentiality. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34. |
| 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) | jessie | 2.25-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.28-5 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| 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) | 2.33.50.20200107-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25319
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=2c5b6e1a1c406cbe06e2d6f77861764ebd01b9ce
binutils not covered by security support