Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions *
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- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 3 Dec 2016
Introduced: 3 Dec 2016
CVE-2017-7303 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 Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.