Vigil@nce - libbfd: memory corruption via bfd_zalloc
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-watch-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop,
SLES.
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: 15/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a memory corruption via bfd_zalloc() of
libbfd, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to
run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libbfd-memory-corruption-via-bfd-zalloc-30618