CVE-2018-20002

The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-12-10

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-772

Affected products

• Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller (F5)
• Binutils (Gnu)
• Vasa Provider (Netapp)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/