Gnu: Security Vulnerabilities
Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-20
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, specifically an out-of-bounds read in the bfd linker, allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information. By convincing a user to process a specially crafted XCOFF object file, an attacker can trigger this flaw, potentially leading to information disclosure or an application level denial of service.
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level denial of service.
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-16
telnet in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows servers to read arbitrary environment variables from clients via NEW_ENVIRON SEND USERVAR.
CVSS Score
3.4
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-16
telnetd in GNU inetutils through 2.7 allows an out-of-bounds write in the LINEMODE SLC (Set Local Characters) suboption handler because add_slc does not check whether the buffer is full.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.053
Published
2026-03-13
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in LibreDWG versions v0.13.3.7571 up to v0.13.3.7835 allows a crafted DWG file to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via the function decompress_R2004_section at decode.c.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-12
Calling NSS-backed functions that support caching via nscd may call the
nscd client side code and in the GNU C Library version 2.36 under high
load on x86_64 systems, the client may call memcmp on inputs that are
concurrently modified by other processes or threads and crash.
The nscd client in the GNU C Library uses the memcmp function with
inputs that may be concurrently modified by another thread, potentially
resulting in spurious cache misses, which in itself is not a security
issue. However in the GNU C Library version 2.36 an optimized
implementation of memcmp was introduced for x86_64 which could crash
when invoked with such undefined behaviour, turning this into a
potential crash of the nscd client and the application that uses it.
This implementation was backported to the 2.35 branch, making the nscd
client in that branch vulnerable as well. Subsequently, the fix for
this issue was backported to all vulnerable branches in the GNU C
Library repository.
It is advised that distributions that may have cherry-picked the memcpy
SSE2 optimization in their copy of the GNU C Library, also apply the fix
to avoid the potential crash in the nscd client.
CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-11
GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing path causes readelf to repeatedly print the same warning message without making forward progress, resulting in a non-terminating output loop that requires manual interruption. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed.
CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-09
GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from completing its analysis.
CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-09
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed header fields. During relocation processing, an invalid or null section pointer may be passed into display_relocations(), resulting in a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and abrupt termination. No evidence of memory corruption beyond the null pointer dereference, nor any possibility of code execution, was observed.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-06