In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade binutils | Dec 27, 2019 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | Apr 27, 2020 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Aug 28, 2019 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade binutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-devel/binutils. | Nov 27, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | May 2, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade binutils-develUpgrade binutils | May 3, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Jun 28, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-i386 to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/gnu-binutils-cross-sparc to version 2.32.0-11.4.9.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | May 30, 2019 | Feb 18, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel | Nov 6, 2018 | Jan 24, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade binutils-debuginfoUpgrade binutils-develNo solution existsUpgrade binutils | Oct 31, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libctf-nobfd0Upgrade binutilsUpgrade cross-sparc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-ia64-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa64-binutilsUpgrade cross-spu-binutilsUpgrade binutils-develUpgrade libctf0Upgrade binutils-goldUpgrade cross-avr-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390x-binutilsUpgrade cross-arm-binutilsUpgrade cross-m68k-binutilsUpgrade cross-sparc-binutilsUpgrade binutils-devel-32bitUpgrade cross-riscv64-binutilsUpgrade cross-rx-binutilsUpgrade cross-hppa-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc-binutilsUpgrade cross-i386-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc64-binutilsUpgrade cross-epiphany-binutilsUpgrade cross-mips-binutilsUpgrade cross-ppc64le-binutilsUpgrade cross-s390-binutilsUpgrade cross-aarch64-binutils | Oct 18, 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade binutils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade binutils-multiarch (Ubuntu Pro) | Jul 22, 2021 | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 18, 2018 |
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