CVE - CVE-2018-18607

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-18607	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
References
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BID:105754 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105754 CONFIRM:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0003/ MISC:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23805 MISC:https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=102def4da826b3d9e169741421e5e67e8731909a SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:2415 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:2432 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html UBUNTU:USN-4336-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181023	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181023)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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