Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675810
  • published23 Sept 2018
  • disclosed23 Sept 2018

Introduced: 23 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17359  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 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. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.