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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7642

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-6"}]}]

Debian:13 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-6"}]}]

Debian:14 binutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.30-6"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org