Bug 1179898 – VUL-1: CVE-2020-16590: binutils: double free vulnerability in process_symbol_table

Bug 1179898 - (CVE-2020-16590) VUL-1: CVE-2020-16590: binutils: double free vulnerability in process_symbol_table

(CVE-2020-16590)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2020-16590: binutils: double free vulnerability in process_symbol_...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Minor
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QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/273028/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-16590:4.0:(AV:...
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Reported:	2020-12-10 15:07 UTC by Wolfgang Frisch
Modified:	2022-03-22 14:18 UTC (History)
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Description Wolfgang Frisch 2020-12-10 15:07:01 UTC

CVE-2020-16590

A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka
libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.34 in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in
readelf, via a crafted file.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-16590
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16590
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25821
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c98a4545dc7bf2bcaf1de539c4eb84784680eaa4

Comment 1 Wolfgang Frisch 2021-01-28 21:29:31 UTC

Not reproducible between SUSE:SLE-11-SP1:Update and SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update.

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2021-11-02 14:28:02 UTC

SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1: An update that solves 21 vulnerabilities, contains 7 features and has 8 fixes is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1126826,1126829,1126831,1140126,1142649,1143609,1153768,1153770,1157755,1160254,1160590,1163333,1163744,1179036,1179341,1179898,1179899,1179900,1179901,1179902,1179903,1180451,1180454,1180461,1181452,1182252,1183511,1184620,1184794
CVE References: CVE-2019-12972,CVE-2019-14250,CVE-2019-14444,CVE-2019-17450,CVE-2019-17451,CVE-2019-9074,CVE-2019-9075,CVE-2019-9077,CVE-2020-16590,CVE-2020-16591,CVE-2020-16592,CVE-2020-16593,CVE-2020-16598,CVE-2020-16599,CVE-2020-35448,CVE-2020-35493,CVE-2020-35496,CVE-2020-35507,CVE-2021-20197,CVE-2021-20284,CVE-2021-3487
JIRA References: ECO-2373,PM-2767,SLE-18637,SLE-19618,SLE-21561,SLE-7464,SLE-7903
Sources used:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1, cross-ppc-binutils-2.37-9.39.1, cross-spu-binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 (src):    binutils-2.37-9.39.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2021-11-04 17:16:18 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2021:3616-1: An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities, contains four features and has one errata is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1179898,1179899,1179900,1179901,1179902,1179903,1180451,1180454,1180461,1181452,1182252,1183511,1184620,1184794
CVE References: CVE-2020-16590,CVE-2020-16591,CVE-2020-16592,CVE-2020-16593,CVE-2020-16598,CVE-2020-16599,CVE-2020-35448,CVE-2020-35493,CVE-2020-35496,CVE-2020-35507,CVE-2021-20197,CVE-2021-20284,CVE-2021-3487
JIRA References: PM-2767,SLE-18637,SLE-19618,SLE-21561
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2, bpftrace-0.11.4-3.2.1, cross-aarch64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-arm-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-avr-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-epiphany-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-hppa-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-hppa64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-i386-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-ia64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-m68k-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-mips-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-ppc-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-ppc64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-ppc64le-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-riscv64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-rx-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-s390-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-s390x-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-sparc-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-sparc64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-spu-binutils-2.37-7.21.1, cross-x86_64-binutils-2.37-7.21.1

Comment 5 Swamp Workflow Management 2021-11-04 17:20:37 UTC

SUSE-SU-2021:3616-1: An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities, contains four features and has one errata is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1179898,1179899,1179900,1179901,1179902,1179903,1180451,1180454,1180461,1181452,1182252,1183511,1184620,1184794
CVE References: CVE-2020-16590,CVE-2020-16591,CVE-2020-16592,CVE-2020-16593,CVE-2020-16598,CVE-2020-16599,CVE-2020-35448,CVE-2020-35493,CVE-2020-35496,CVE-2020-35507,CVE-2021-20197,CVE-2021-20284,CVE-2021-3487
JIRA References: PM-2767,SLE-18637,SLE-19618,SLE-21561
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2, bpftrace-0.11.4-3.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (src):    binutils-2.37-7.21.2

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 6 Swamp Workflow Management 2021-11-15 14:20:40 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2021:1475-1: An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities, contains four features and has 5 fixes is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1179898,1179899,1179900,1179901,1179902,1179903,1180451,1180454,1180461,1181452,1182252,1183511,1183909,1184519,1184620,1184794,1188941,1191473,1192267
CVE References: CVE-2020-16590,CVE-2020-16591,CVE-2020-16592,CVE-2020-16593,CVE-2020-16598,CVE-2020-16599,CVE-2020-35448,CVE-2020-35493,CVE-2020-35496,CVE-2020-35507,CVE-2021-20197,CVE-2021-20284,CVE-2021-20294,CVE-2021-3487
JIRA References: PM-2767,SLE-18637,SLE-19618,SLE-21561
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 (src):    binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, bpftrace-0.11.4-lp152.2.7.1, cross-aarch64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-arm-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-avr-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-epiphany-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-hppa-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-hppa64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-i386-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-ia64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-m68k-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-mips-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-ppc-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-ppc64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-ppc64le-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-riscv64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-rx-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-s390-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-s390x-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-sparc-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-sparc64-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-spu-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1, cross-xtensa-binutils-2.37-lp152.4.9.1

Comment 7 Swamp Workflow Management 2022-03-22 14:18:18 UTC

SUSE-SU-2022:0934-1: An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities, contains four features and has 5 fixes is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1179898,1179899,1179900,1179901,1179902,1179903,1180451,1180454,1180461,1181452,1182252,1183511,1183909,1184519,1184620,1184794,1188941,1191473,1192267
CVE References: CVE-2020-16590,CVE-2020-16591,CVE-2020-16592,CVE-2020-16593,CVE-2020-16598,CVE-2020-16599,CVE-2020-35448,CVE-2020-35493,CVE-2020-35496,CVE-2020-35507,CVE-2021-20197,CVE-2021-20284,CVE-2021-20294,CVE-2021-3487
JIRA References: PM-2767,SLE-18637,SLE-19618,SLE-21561
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (src):    binutils-2.37-6.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-6.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (src):    binutils-2.37-6.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (src):    binutils-2.37-6.23.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.