Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions <2.30-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675841
  • published6 Feb 2018
  • disclosed6 Feb 2018

Introduced: 6 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.30-3 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.

The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Scores

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