Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.38% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-BINUTILS-1981521
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 1 Sep 2017
Introduced: 1 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14128 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6
binutils
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:6
relevant fixed versions and status.
The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.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 (read_1_byte heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100623
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22059
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7e8b60085eb3e6f2c41bc0c00c0d759fa7f72780
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14128
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-01
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=7e8b60085eb3e6f2c41bc0c00c0d759fa7f72780