CVE-2018-6872

Name
CVE-2018-6872
Description
The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=ef135d4314fd4c2d7da66b9d7b59af4a85b0f7e6
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22788
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103103
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* binutils == None == 2.30

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status