CVE-2018-7568

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    CVE-2018-7568

    Published: 28 Feb 2018Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The parse_die function in dwarf1.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 overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 8db5daf9efe8a6174d3b10ac7bba8c178836e9ce
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.30

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High