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Debian: CVE-2018-6543: binutils -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-6543: binutils -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/02/2018
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

In GNU Binutils 2.30, there's an integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() in objdump.c, which results in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-binutils

References

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