CVE-2018-18605

A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka l...

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A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18605 binutils Fixed in: 2.32.51.20190707-1

References

advisory securityfocus.com
advisory security.netapp.com
report sourceware.org
web lists.opensuse.org
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web sourceware.org
web usn.ubuntu.com