CVE-2018-20002

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-20002
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-10T02:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-772 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.2
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:cluster_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0 5.1.0
cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c2f5dc30afa34696f2da0081c4ac50b958ecb0e9 Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23952 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106142 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62602089 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20002
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20002
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:10:48 2018-12-10T02:29Z 2018-12-10T02:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:10:48 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:10:48 Modified Vulnerability Status updated