vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-18606): GNU binutils vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2018-10-23 | 2020-04-23 | 2024-11-27 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2018-10-23
Added
2020-04-23
Modified
2024-11-27
Description
An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Solution(s)
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-binutilsubuntu-pro-upgrade-binutils-multiarch
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