Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.29.90.20180122-1
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- published30 Sept 2017
- disclosed30 Sept 2017
Introduced: 30 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14939 (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.
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14939
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970/
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22169
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101216
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14939
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42970