Improper Input Validation Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-1175259
- published 10 Sep 2020
- disclosed 18 Feb 2018
Introduced: 18 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-7208 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
binutils
to version 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 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:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-7208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103077
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html