CVE-2018-19932
Publication date 7 December 2018
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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binutils | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
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24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of ESM support, was needed |
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4336-1
- GNU binutils vulnerabilities
- 22 April 2020
- USN-4336-2
- GNU binutils vulnerabilities
- 21 July 2021