Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403842
  • published7 Dec 2018
  • disclosed7 Dec 2018

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.