SB2018020714 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: February 7, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020714
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) Improper resource shutdown (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8945)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the bfd_section_from_shdr function due to improper bounds checking. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted ELF file and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.