CVE-2018-20671

NameCVE-2018-20671
Descriptionload_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted section size.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
binutils (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.25-5+deb8u2vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2.28-5+deb9u1vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)2.31.1-16+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye2.35.2-2fixed
bookworm2.40-2fixed
sid, trixie2.43.1-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
binutilssource(unstable)2.32.51.20190707-1unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24005
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=11fa9f134fd658075c6f74499c780df045d9e9ca
binutils not covered by security support
[wheezy] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)

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