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    CVE-2018-18606

    An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

    Published:Oct 21, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 23, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00547
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Binutils
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Data Ontap

    Exploits

    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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