Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-349349
- published 23 Sep 2018
- disclosed 23 Sep 2018
Introduced: 23 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17359 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.
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17359
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17359
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23686
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/