PT-2018-3957 · Gnu+4 · Gnu Binutils+4

Rookie · Published 2018-09-19 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-17358

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Description The issue is related to an invalid memory access in the bfd stab section find nearest line function of the syms.c component in the GNU Binutils. This can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by using a specially crafted ELF file. The vulnerability is associated with a buffer overflow in memory.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.31, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of specially crafted ELF files to minimize the risk of causing a denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-3046

BDU:2023-07786

CVE-2018-17358

DSA-4604-1

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

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 674

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23686 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9744 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00670 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cacti · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7209 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9751 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19931 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17121 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9038 · Vendor Advisory