| Name | CVE-2018-19932 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | jessie | 2.25-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.28-5 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.31.1-16 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.42-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| binutils | source | experimental | 2.31.51.20181204-1 | | | |
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.32.51.20190707-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
binutils not covered by security support
[wheezy] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)