Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.29.1-27.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BINUTILSDEBUGINFO-1669429
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Aug 2017

Introduced: 4 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12451  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 binutils-debuginfo to version 0:2.29.1-27.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1185.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-debuginfo package and not the binutils-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds stack read via a crafted COFF image file.