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CVE-2018-20002

Date: December 9, 2018

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.

Language: RPM

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20002
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20002
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20002
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20002
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-20002

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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