CVE-2018-17359

Name	CVE-2018-17359
Description	An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
binutils (PTS)	bullseye	2.35.2-2	fixed
	bookworm	2.40-2	fixed
	trixie	2.43.1-5	fixed
	sid	2.43.50.20241126-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	experimental	2.31.51.20181022-1
binutils	source	(unstable)	2.32.51.20190707-1	unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23686
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=30838132997e6a3cfe3ec11c58b32b22f6f6b102
binutils not covered by security support