GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12938 Denial of Service Vulenerability

BID:104575

Info

GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12938 Denial of Service Vulenerability

Bugtraq ID: 104575
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2018-12938
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 27 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 27 2018 12:00AM
Credit: Sergej Schumilo, Cornelius Aschermann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Vulnerable: GNU libiberty 0
GNU Binutils 2.30
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12938 Denial of Service Vulenerability

GNU libiberty is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to consume excess memory, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

Exploit / POC

GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12938 Denial of Service Vulenerability

The researcher who discovered this issue has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.

Solution / Fix

GNU libiberty CVE-2018-12938 Denial of Service Vulenerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

References

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