Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.24% (61st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-BINUTILS-1938615
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 5 Feb 2018
Introduced: 5 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-6872 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:8
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The elf_parse_notes 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 (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.