PT-2017-14297 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Binutils+2

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-10-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-15939

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.29

Description The issue is related to the handling of NULL files in a .debug line file table in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library, which can cause a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference and application crash when processing a crafted ELF file. This is related to the concat filename function.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.29, consider updating to a newer version that includes a complete fix for this issue, as the current version contains an incomplete fix.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15939

MGASA-2019-0169

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3223-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3323-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 714

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-03808 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18484 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9039 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8421 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07752 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15938 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15024 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14130 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9745 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00578 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00675 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0169.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9075 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07784 · Security Note