NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <0:2.29.1-27.amzn2.0.1
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- published17 Apr 2025
- disclosed29 Apr 2018
Introduced: 29 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-10535 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 binutils-devel to version 0:2.29.1-27.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1185.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, does not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a "SECTION" type that has a "0" value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10535
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104021
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23113
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/