Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.30-125.el8_10
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- published 20 Nov 2024
- disclosed 23 Jun 2018
Introduced: 23 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-12699 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 binutils-debuginfo to version 0:2.30-125.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:9689.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-debuginfo package and not the binutils-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12699
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104540
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/