ALPINE-CVE-2018-7569

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-7569

    Published: 28 Feb 2018Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7569

    Summary:

    Details: dwarf2.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 (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-7569

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.30-r2

    Affected versions

    2.20.51.0.12-r0
    2.20.51.0.4-r1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High