SB2018020614 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: February 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020614
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6759)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.