SB2018042525 - NULL pointer dereference in GNU Binutils
Published: April 25, 2018 Updated: January 22, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042525
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10373)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a specially crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.