HIGH
binutils: Heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in function resulting in a denial of service
Published Dec 7, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.61%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≥ 7.2
Configuration 3
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
binutils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
binutils220
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
binutils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
binutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
binutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
mingw-binutils
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils220 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | binutils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | binutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | mingw-binutils | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19931 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1658947 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19931
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07 x_refsource_MISC
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19931
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 7, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 7, 2018
Link CVE-2018-19931
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a