ALPINE-CVE-2018-7568

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-7568
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7568.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7568
Upstream
Published
2018-02-28T21:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-19T11:17:56Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The parse_die function in dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.7 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7568.json"

Alpine:v3.8 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-r6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-7568.json"