vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-7568: Security patch for binutils (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 28, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Apr 10, 2025

Description

The parse_die function in dwarf1.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 (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

Solution(s)

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutilsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-devel
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