Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403597
  • published19 Jun 2017
  • disclosed19 Jun 2017

Introduced: 19 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.29-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist function in opcodes/aarch64-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.