CVE-2018-10373

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10373
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-25 09:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-03 13:15:00 UTC
Descriptionconcat_filename in dwarf2.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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Binutils 2.30 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.30 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
23065 – SEGFAULT in nm-new MISC sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU Binutils CVE-2018-10373 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710158 Gentoo Linux Binutils Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-01)
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