CVE-2021-20197

lowpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.30% (23rd) EPSS

CVSS 3.3 · low

Is it mine?

41 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35 and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-108.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-debugsource-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-108.el8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364
Fixedbinutils-devel-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4364

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.3–6.3

v2.03.3lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 4.9

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.2

v3.16.3mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 1 · impact 5.2

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USCWE-59USCWE-59USCWE-59US

affected products (41)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Binutils≤ binutils 2.35enisa_euvdEU
GNU General Public License GNU Binutils≤ 2.35fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
broadcom brocade fabric operating system firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:broadcom:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu binutils≤ 2.35nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp cloud backupall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap select deploy administration utilityall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire & hci management nodeall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
binutils-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-0:2.30-108.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-0:2.30-108.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-0:2.30-108.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-0:2.30-108.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
binutils-debuginfo-0:2.30-108.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2021:4364Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update2021-11-09csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for binutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-03-26modified 2026-06-17

references (23)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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