GNU Binutils 'bfd_get_debug_link_info_1' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability

GNU Binutils a.k.a. GNU Binary Utilities or binutils is a set of programming language utilities developed by the GNU Project to work with object files in a variety of formats, with connectors, assemblers, and other tools for object files and archives.The Binary File Descriptor BFD library a.k.a...

ALPINE-CVE-2018-6759

The bfdgetdebuglinkinfo1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service segmentation fault via a crafted ELF file...