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-2017-16831 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16831
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22385
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6cee897971d4d7cd37d2a686bb6d2aa3e759c8ca
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-16831
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=6cee897971d4d7cd37d2a686bb6d2aa3e759c8ca