Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gdbserver package, versions <13.2-150400.15.14.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-GDBSERVER-6444945
  • published15 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Mar 2024

Introduced: 14 Mar 2024

CVE-2017-16829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 gdbserver to version 13.2-150400.15.14.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdbserver package and not the gdbserver package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in elf-properties.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not prevent negative pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.