CVE-2018-20002
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20002.html
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20002
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201906-3
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| arch | fixed | 2.32-1 | |
| sles | affected | |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.