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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675691
  • published15 Nov 2017
  • disclosed15 Nov 2017

Introduced: 15 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16826  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The coff_slurp_line_table function in coffcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.