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Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.94% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-520751
  • published 27 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 27 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15938 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 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.

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).