Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting binutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-BINUTILS-403700
  • published28 Aug 2017
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13716  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c in libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd).