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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-6872: binutils 2.30-r1 security vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-6872: binutils 2.30-r1 security vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/09/2018
Created
12/28/2019
Added
12/27/2019
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-binutils

References

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