Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-20002
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 56.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Products affected by CVE-2018-20002
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31
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cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*
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cpe:2.3:o:netapp:cluster_data_ontap:-