Vigil@nce - libbfd: integer overflow via load_specific_debug_section
December 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, Solaris, SIMATIC, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, WindRiver Linux.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/10/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate an integer overflow via
load_specific_debug_section() of libbfd, in order to trigger a
denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libbfd-integer-overflow-via-load-specific-debug-section-27525