CVE-2018-7569

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7569
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-28 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-31 01:15:00 UTC
Descriptiondwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-191

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
22895 – integer overflow in read_attribute_value MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710297 Gentoo Linux Binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-17)
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