Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils-devel package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed2 Nov 2017
Introduced: 2 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-16828 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 binutils-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The display_debug_frames function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to print_debug_frame.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22386
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bf59c5d5f4f5b8b4da1f5f605cfa546f8029b43d
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16828
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bf59c5d5f4f5b8b4da1f5f605cfa546f8029b43d