Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting binutils package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINUTILS-1369160
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed28 Nov 2017
Introduced: 28 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-17124 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 binutils.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22507
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b0029dce6867de1a2828293177b0e030d2f0f03c
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=b0029dce6867de1a2828293177b0e030d2f0f03c