NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.29.1-29.amzn2
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed23 Jun 2018
Introduced: 23 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-12697 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 binutils-debuginfo to version 0:2.29.1-29.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1358.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-debuginfo package and not the binutils-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104538
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12697
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2075
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/