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Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions <2.30-6

Severity

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0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403782
  • published18 Feb 2018
  • disclosed18 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 18 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.30-6 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.