PT-2019-10149 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Binutils+3

Nsl · Published 2019-01-02 · Updated 2024-09-30 · CVE-2018-20657

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU Binutils version 2.31.1

Description: The issue is related to a memory leak in the demangle template function in cplus-dem.c, which can lead to a denial of service due to memory consumption when a crafted string is processed. This can be demonstrated using cxxfilt.

Recommendations: For GNU Binutils version 2.31.1, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of memory consumption due to the memory leak in the demangle template function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-3046

CESA-2019_3352

CVE-2018-20657

RHSA-2019:3352

RHSA-2019_3352

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Gnu Binutils

Red Hat

References · 45

• 🔥 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88539 · Exploit
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-3046 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010204 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17360 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20657 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01657 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000876 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20657 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20712 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17359 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07787 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20657 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20671 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01241 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20623 · Security Note