Integer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2019-17451

Vulnerability identifier: #VU24445

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17451

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line() function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). A remote attacker can #CONDITION2#, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Binutils
Gentoo Linux
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Opensuse
binutils (Red Hat package)
libctf0-debuginfo
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo
cross-spu-binutils
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo
cross-ppc-binutils
binutils-gold-debuginfo
binutils-gold
libctf0
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo
libctf-nobfd0
binutils-devel
binutils-debugsource
binutils-debuginfo
binutils

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.33.1
binutils (Red Hat package) - update to 2.30-73.el8
libctf0-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-spu-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-spu-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-spu-binutils - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debugsource - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-ppc-binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
cross-ppc-binutils - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils-gold-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils-gold - update to 2.37-9.39.1
libctf0 - update to 2.37-9.39.1
libctf-nobfd0-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
libctf-nobfd0 - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils-devel - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils-debugsource - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils-debuginfo - update to 2.37-9.39.1
binutils - update to 2.37-9.39.1

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25070
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=336bfbeb1848f4b9558456fdcf283ee8a32d7fd1

• Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for binutils
• Gentoo update for Binutils
• OpenSUSE Linux update for binutils
• OpenSUSE Linux update for binutils
• SUSE update for binutils