CVE-2018-8945 — Improper Input Validation in Binutils

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption12 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
GNU BinutilsRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 22
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section.

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 Packages5 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.30.90.20180627-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.30

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-65pw-pvw5-gjv3: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf↗2018-03-22
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OSV
CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf↗2018-03-22
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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: Crash in elf.c:bfd_section_from_shdr() with crafted executable↗2018-02-07
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Debian
CVE-2018-8945: binutils - The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) ...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8945 binutils: Crash in elf.c:bfd_section_from_shdr() with crafted executable↗2018-03-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8945 binutils: Crash in elf.c:bfd_section_from_shdr() with crafted executable [fedora-all]↗2018-03-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8945 mingw-binutils: binutils: Crash in elf.c:bfd_section_from_shdr() with crafted executable [epel-all]↗2018-03-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8945 mingw-binutils: binutils: Crash in elf.c:bfd_section_from_shdr() with crafted executable [fedora-all]↗2018-03-27
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