Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting libctf-nobfd0 package, versions <2.35-7.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBCTFNOBFD0-2698731
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Oct 2020

Introduced: 28 Oct 2020

CVE-2019-17450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libctf-nobfd0 to version 2.35-7.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libctf-nobfd0 package and not the libctf-nobfd0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS Scores

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