Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (45th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-349281
- published 30 Sep 2017
- disclosed 30 Sep 2017
Introduced: 30 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14932 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
binutils
to version 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
decode_line_info in dwarf2.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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14932
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22204
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e338894dc2e603683bed2172e8e9f25b29051005
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14932
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=e338894dc2e603683bed2172e8e9f25b29051005