CVE-2018-6759

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    CVE-2018-6759

    Published: 6 Feb 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.

    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/103030, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22794

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8db5daf9efe8a6174d3b10ac7bba8c178836e9ce
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.30

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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