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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions *

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.42% (74th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-BINUTILS-1977696
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 25 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-15939 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How 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.

dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.