SB2018021201 - Denial of service in GNU Binutils
Published: February 12, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021201
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) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6872)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to a segmentation violation in the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) note parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim into the opening the specially crafted ELF file, trigger an out-of-bounds read condition and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.