vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-7569: ELSA-2018-3032: binutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update (LOW)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 26, 2018
Added
Nov 6, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

dwarf2.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 underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.
An integer wraparound has been discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library distributed in GNU Binutils up to version 2.30. An attacker could cause a crash by providing an ELF file with corrupted DWARF debug information.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-binutilsoracle-linux-upgrade-binutils-devel
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