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    CVE-2018-19932

    An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.

    Published:Nov 30, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 7, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00328
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Binutils
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Cluster Data Ontap
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Vasa Provider

    Exploits

    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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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/106144
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
    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/106144
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    High
    Availability
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