Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting binutils package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.33% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-BINUTILS-403904
- published 30 Sep 2017
- disclosed 30 Sep 2017
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:9
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:9
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14934
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22219
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=19485196044b2521af979f1e5c4a89bfb90fba0b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101204
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=19485196044b2521af979f1e5c4a89bfb90fba0b