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CVE-2018-12934

Published: 28 June 2018

remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
issue is actually in libiberty

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

mantic Not vulnerable
(2.33-2ubuntu1.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=1910070b298052d7ca8e4024891465824588c1e9
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=236f4ebe3ac7e8f94184fdcc39c70d74cc62b82a

libiberty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
bionic
Released (20170913-1ubuntu0.1)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (20160215-1ubuntu0.3)
mantic Not vulnerable
(20190907-1)
Patches:


upstream: https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=6c8120c5ff130e03d32ff15a8f0d0e703592a2af

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H