#VU24444 Infinite loop in Binutils - CVE-2019-17450
Published: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24444
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17450
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing ELF files within the find_abstract_instance() function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.