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CVE-2018-20002
Published: Dec 10, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
106142
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
x_refsource_MISC
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201908-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-4336-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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