Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.48% (76th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-349105
- published 25 Apr 2018
- disclosed 25 Apr 2018
Introduced: 25 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-10372 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.
process_cu_tu_index in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10372
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10372
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103976
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/