CVE-2019-17450

Summary

CVECVE-2019-17450
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-10 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-27 15:32:00 UTC
Descriptionfind_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.32 All All All
Application Gnu Binutils 2.32 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
25078 – stack overflow in function find_abstract_instance MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1804-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
October 2019 GNU Binutils Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-39) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1790-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296077 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 18.4.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 377579 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for binutils (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0120)
  • 670170 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1670)
  • 670363 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1767)
  • 751313 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1)
  • 900199 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for binutils 2.32
  • 903663 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for binutils (1902)
  • 940059 AlmaLinux Security Update for binutils (ALSA-2020:4465)
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