Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6759
CVE-2018-6759
Description
The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.
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Affected products
44- osv-coords43 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-aarch64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-arm-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-avr-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-epiphany-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-i386-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ia64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-m68k-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-mips-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64le-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-riscv64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-rx-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-s390x-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-sparc-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cross-spu-binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.32-lp150.10.1+ 42 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp150.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.37-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-7.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-7.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-6.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.32-7.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.31-9.26.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103030nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17nvdThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlnvd
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