PT-2019-6399
CVE-2019-9073
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Published
2019-02-19
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Updated
2021-12-10
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Binutils version 2.32
Description
The issue is related to the bfd elf slurp version tables function in the elf.c component of the GNU Binutils, which is associated with unlimited memory allocation. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The problem is an attempted excessive memory allocation.
Recommendations
For GNU Binutils version 2.32, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk, as the current version has an issue with excessive memory allocation in the bfd elf slurp version tables function.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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