Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-403906
  • published30 Sept 2017
  • disclosed30 Sept 2017

Introduced: 30 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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.

process_debug_info in dwarf.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 (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.