Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-BINUTILS-1654214
  • published29 Oct 2017
  • disclosed29 Oct 2017

Introduced: 29 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

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