CVE-2018-20002

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, ha...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

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

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2018-20002 binutils Fixed in: 2.32-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20002 binutils Fixed in: 2.32.51.20190707-1

References

advisory securityfocus.com
advisory security.gentoo.org
advisory support.f5.com
patch security.netapp.com
report sourceware.org
web sourceware.org
web usn.ubuntu.com