SB2018012906 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: January 29, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018012906
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6323)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the elf_object_p function of the elfcode.h source code in the GNU Binutils binary file descriptor library due to integer overflow condition. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted ELF file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.