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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.16% (52nd percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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Red Hat
4.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-BINUTILS-1985491
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 1 Dec 2016
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Introduced: 1 Dec 2016

CVE-2017-7226 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How 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 pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.