Vulnerability CVE-2019-9076

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-9076 (CCN-157925)

Assigned:

2019-02-19

Published:

2019-02-19

Updated:

2021-12-10

Summary:

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in elf_read_notes in elf.c.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-770

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-9076

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnu-binutils-cve20199076-dos(157925)

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202107-24

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/

Source: CCN
Type: Sourceware Bugzilla Bug 24238
size: Out of memory in libbfd

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24238

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44650639

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Binutils Web site
GNU Binutils

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1143448 (Watson Studio Local)
Multiple Vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils affects Watson Studio Local

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2019-9076

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:netapp:element_software_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:watson_studio_local:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201990760000000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.	2019-02-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201990760000000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2019-02-24
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201990760000000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2019-02-24
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20199076000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2019-02-23
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201990760000000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2019-02-23
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20199076000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2019-02-23
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20199076000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2019-02-23
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20199076000	V	CVE-2019-9076 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2019-02-23

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