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ALPINE-CVE-2018-20002 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.21binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.31.1-r1, 2.31.1-r0
Alpine:v3.19binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.23binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.16binutils0, 0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0
Alpine:v3.10binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.31.1-r2
Alpine:v3.12binutils0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1, 2.21-r0
Alpine:v3.14binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.22binutils0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.20binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.20.51.0.12-r0, 2.20.51.0.4-r1
Alpine:v3.13binutils0, 0, 2.20.51.0.12-r0
Alpine:v3.17binutils0, 2.31.1-r2, 2.31.1-r1
Alpine:v3.15binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.31.1-r1, 2.31.1-r0
Alpine:v3.18binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.31.1-r1, 2.31.1-r0
Alpine:v3.11binutils2.31.1-r2, 2.31.1-r1, 2.31.1-r0

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