Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.27.51.20161212-1


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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Red Hat
4.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-529560
  • published 22 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 22 Mar 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.27.51.20161212-1 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.

The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.