The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01 | |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/ | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9 | |
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-12-10T02:00:00
Updated: 2020-04-29T02:06:17
Reserved: 2018-12-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-20002
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-10T02:29:00.390
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:56:07.323
Link: CVE-2018-20002
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CWE