SB2019081109 - Memory corruption in binutils (Alpine package)
Published: August 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019081109
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7569)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the dwarf2.c source code file due to the improper processing of crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files that contain a corrupted DWARF FORM block. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ELF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger integer overflow or underflow and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.