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CVE-2018-18607

Published: 23/10/2018 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in elf_link_input_bfd in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted ELF allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-18607
An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in elflinkc in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 231 There is a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic ...

References

CWE-476https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23805http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=102def4da826b3d9e169741421e5e67e8731909ahttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
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