Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-403409
  • published12 Sept 2017
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14333  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How 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 process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during "readelf -a" execution.