Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.33% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-BINUTILS-1977616
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 27 Sep 2017
Introduced: 27 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14934 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
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:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
process_debug_info in dwarf.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 (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negative size value in a CU structure.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101204
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22219
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=19485196044b2521af979f1e5c4a89bfb90fba0b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14934
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=19485196044b2521af979f1e5c4a89bfb90fba0b