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2018-02-18
In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object.
Products | Binutils, Enterprise_linux_desktop, Enterprise_linux_server, Enterprise_linux_workstation |
Type | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Links |
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032 • https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22741 |