Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-4547 | An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character. |
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: 2024-08-04T23:41:09.210Z
Reserved: 2019-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-12972
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-26T14:15:10.043
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:23:55.660
Link: CVE-2019-12972
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN