Resource Exhaustion Affecting binutils package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BINUTILS-1373207
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed27 Apr 2017
Introduced: 27 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8421 (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 function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve this.