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Red Hat: CVE-2018-6759: binutils: Unchecked strnlen in opncls.c:bfd_get_debug_link_info_1() can allow lead to denial of service

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2018-6759: binutils: Unchecked strnlen in opncls.c:bfd_get_debug_link_info_1() can allow lead to denial of service
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, Red Hat, 2018, 6759, binutils, no-fix-redhat-rpm-package, Severity 4

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Feb 6, 2018

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jul 9, 2025

Description

The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package

References

NVD-CVE-2018-6759

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