Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.28-5
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- published 1 May 2017
- disclosed 1 May 2017
Introduced: 1 May 2017
CVE-2017-8393 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
binutils
to version 2.28-5 or higher.
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.
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error because of an assumption made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objcopy and strip, to crash.