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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6872

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote att...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The elf_parse_notes function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-4"}]}]

Debian:13 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-4"}]}]

Debian:14 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-4"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org