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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (68th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-515582
  • published 30 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 30 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 30 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14938 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-770 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.29.90.20180122-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.