CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-18606

An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=45a0eaf77022963d639d6d19871dbab7b79703fc Mailing List Patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23806 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-23 05:29

Updated : 2019-10-31 01:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-18606

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18606

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476