Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190707-1
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- published11 Jul 2018
- disclosed28 Jun 2018
Introduced: 28 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-12934 (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.
remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12934
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763101
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85453
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23059
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-12934
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/