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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-BINUTILS-1979493
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 17 Oct 2017
Introduced: 17 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-16827 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.
The aout_get_external_symbols function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22306
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16827
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0301ce1486b1450f219202677f30d0fa97335419