Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.32-7.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.95% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-BINUTILSGOLD-2729807
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Oct 2019

Introduced: 24 Oct 2019

CVE-2018-18483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 binutils-gold to version 2.32-7.5.1 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:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

CVSS Scores

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