Description
A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2018-10325 | A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-1 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4336-2 | GNU binutils vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:15:59.854Z
Reserved: 2018-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-18605
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-10-23T17:29:00.363
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:14.070
Link: CVE-2018-18605
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN