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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.28-6

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.36% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-525683
  • published 18 May 2017
  • disclosed 18 May 2017
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Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9038 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.28-6 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.

GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.