Vigil@nce - libbfd: denial of service via Symbol Count
December 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, Solaris, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/10/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate a fatal error via Symbol Count of libbfd,
in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/libbfd-denial-of-service-via-Symbol-Count-27519