Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1
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- published15 Nov 2017
- disclosed15 Nov 2017
Introduced: 15 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-16829 (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 _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16829
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22307
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16829
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=cf54ebff3b7361989712fd9c0128a9b255578163