SB2018020614 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: February 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020614
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) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6759)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.