Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions *
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- published 15 Nov 2017
- disclosed 15 Nov 2017
Introduced: 15 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-16830 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:8
binutils
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The print_gnu_property_note function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16830
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22384
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6ab2c4ed51f9c4243691755e1b1d2149c6a426f4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101941
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16830
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=6ab2c4ed51f9c4243691755e1b1d2149c6a426f4