Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (45th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-BINUTILS-1643144
- published 4 Jan 2019
- disclosed 4 Jan 2019
How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
binutils
to version 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20671
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20671
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24005
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=11fa9f134fd658075c6f74499c780df045d9e9ca
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106457
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=11fa9f134fd658075c6f74499c780df045d9e9ca