Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-521198
- published 4 Sep 2017
- disclosed 4 Sep 2017
Introduced: 4 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14130 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
binutils
to version 2.29-9 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.
The _bfd_elf_parse_attributes function in elf-attrs.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 (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14130
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22058
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=2a143b99fc4a5094a9cf128f3184d8e6818c8229
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100625
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14130
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=2a143b99fc4a5094a9cf128f3184d8e6818c8229