GNU libiberty Symbol rust-demangle.c demangle_path recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GNU libiberty. The affected element is the function demangle_path of the file rust-demangle.c of the component Symbol Handler. This manipulation causes recursion. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-3530. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU libiberty (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function demangle_path of the file rust-demangle.c of the component Symbol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 06/02/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-3530. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-1109). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • SUSE Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Open Source binutils
  • NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager

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Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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05/03/2021 🔍
06/02/2021 +30 days 🔍
06/02/2021 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2026 +1692 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-3530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-3530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-176215
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-1109 - binutils: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2021 21:42
Updated: 01/19/2026 11:54
Changes: 06/02/2021 21:42 (37), 06/05/2021 12:06 (2), 01/19/2026 11:54 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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