Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-404143
  • published18 May 2017
  • disclosed18 May 2017

Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (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.

readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a "cannot be represented in type long" issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.