SB2018030113 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: March 1, 2018 Updated: March 26, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030113
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-2018-7643)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the display_debug_ranges function due to the improper processing of crafted ELF files that contain DWARF information. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted ELF file, trigger integer overflow and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.