NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
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- published 27 Aug 2017
- disclosed 27 Aug 2017
Introduced: 27 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-13710 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
binutils
to version 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-13710
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13710
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0c54f69295208331faab9bc5e995111a35672f9b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100499
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0c54f69295208331faab9bc5e995111a35672f9b