Vigil@nce - libbfd: out-of-bounds memory reading via DW_FORM_ref_addr
December 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, Solaris, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, 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 force a read at an invalid address via
DW_FORM_ref_addr of libbfd, in order to trigger a denial of
service, or to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libbfd-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-DW-FORM-ref-addr-27516