Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018186060000000
Revision Date:2018-10-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18606 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by ld.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18606
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND binutils: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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