NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.32-6.8.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-BINUTILSGOLD-2730001
- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed25 Oct 2019
Introduced: 25 Oct 2019
CVE-2018-18606 (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 merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18606.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113252
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/