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Ubuntu: USN-4336-2 (CVE-2018-6759): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4336-2 (CVE-2018-6759): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/06/2018
Created
07/24/2021
Added
07/22/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils-multiarch

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