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LIN8-8877 : Security Advisory - binutils - CVE-2018-7642

Created: Mar 15, 2018    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: May 9, 2018
Found In Version: 8.0.0.25
Fix Version: 8.0.0.26
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace

Description

The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h 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 (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7642

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