medium5.5
CVE-2018-8945
The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attack…
Impact
The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.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 (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Binutils | Version 2.30 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22809
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22809
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/