The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.
La librería Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (también conocida como libbfd), distribuida en GNU Binutils 2.28, tiene una función aout_link_add_symbols en bfd/aoutx.h que tiene una vulnerabilidad off-by-one porque no comprueba cuidadosamente el desplazamiento de cadena. La vulnerabilidad podría provocar una caída del programa GNU linker (ld)
USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
