Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-520664
- published 23 Sep 2018
- disclosed 23 Sep 2018
Introduced: 23 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17360 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
binutils
to version 2.32.51.20190707-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted PE file. This vulnerability can be triggered by the executable objdump.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17360
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23685
- 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/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17360