Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Affecting binutils package, versions *
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Overview
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
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CVSS Score
5.5
low severity
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Attack VectorLocal
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Attack ComplexityLow
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Privileges RequiredNone
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User InteractionRequired
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ScopeUnchanged
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ConfidentialityNone
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IntegrityNone
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AvailabilityHigh
- CVE
- CVE-2018-20002
- CWE
- CWE-772
- Snyk ID
- SNYK-DEBIAN10-BINUTILS-404210
- Disclosed
- 10 Dec, 2018
- Published
- 10 Dec, 2018