Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.32-6.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-BINUTILSGOLD-2728294
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Oct 2019

Introduced: 25 Oct 2019

CVE-2018-17358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 binutils-gold to version 2.32-6.8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-gold package and not the binutils-gold package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Scores

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