CVE-2019-12972 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object...
MediumCVSS 5.5
EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/binutils(Debian:12) | < 2.32.51.20190707-1 | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian/binutils(Debian:13) | < 2.32.51.20190707-1 | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| debian/binutils(Debian:14) | < 2.32.51.20190707-1 | 2.32.51.20190707-1 |
| GNU binutils | = 2.32 | No fix listed |
| openSUSE leap | = 15.1 | No fix listed |
| openSUSE leap | = 15.2 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 18.04 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2019-12972 vendor-advisory
- sourceware.org exploit issue-tracking patch third-party-advisory
- sourceware.org
- 108903 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- USN-4336-1 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202007-39 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1790 mailing-list third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1804 mailing-list third-party-advisory vendor-advisory