NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1937598
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Oct 2018
Introduced: 21 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18607 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8
binutils
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18607
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23805
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=102def4da826b3d9e169741421e5e67e8731909a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=102def4da826b3d9e169741421e5e67e8731909a