Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403786
  • published10 Oct 2017
  • disclosed10 Oct 2017

Introduced: 10 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

_bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted ELF file.