UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6872
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Summary:
Details: The elf_parse_notes function in elf.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 (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6872, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6872
Affected packages
Package
Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~18.04?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.30-20ubuntu2~18.04
Affected versions
2.29.1-4ubuntu1
2.29.1-6ubuntu1
2.29.1-7ubuntu1
2.29.1-8ubuntu1
2.29.1-10ubuntu1
2.29.1-12ubuntu1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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User Interaction
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Integrity
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Availability
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