PT-2018-2447 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Binutils+3

Wcventure · Published 2018-10-23 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-18607

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.31

Description The issue is related to a null pointer dereference in the elf link input bfd function when searching for STT TLS symbols without any TLS section. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted ELF file.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.31, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected by the null pointer dereference in the elf link input bfd function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00669

CVE-2018-18607

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_2415-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_2432-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2650-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2779-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2780-1

USN-4336-1

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 651

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