CVE-2018-20002

CWE-772CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption12 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery ControllerGNU BinutilsNetapp Vasa Provider
Timeline
PublishedDec 10
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianbinutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.31

Patches

Patch: security.netapp.com ↗Patch: security.netapp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hrvr-8x4g-x94c: The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-20002: The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms↗2018-12-10
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CVEList
CVE-2018-20002: The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms↗2018-12-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Red Hat
binutils: memory leak in _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c↗2018-12-07
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Debian
CVE-2018-20002: binutils - The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descript...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20002 binutils: memory leak in _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c↗2018-12-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20002 mingw-binutils: binutils: memory leak in _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c [epel-all]↗2018-12-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20002 binutils: memory leak in _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c [fedora-all]↗2018-12-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20002 mingw-binutils: binutils: memory leak in _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c [fedora-all]↗2018-12-21
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CVE-2018-20002 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols f | cvebase.io