The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, does not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a "SECTION" type that has a "0" value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-10535 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 2.8 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (binutils) | RHSA-2018:3032 | 2018-10-30 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | binutils | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils220 | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils | Will not fix |