PT-2017-17430 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Binutils+2

Thuan Pham · Published 2017-03-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6965

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 2.28

Description The issue arises when readelf in GNU Binutils processes corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow due to writing to illegal addresses.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider avoiding the use of readelf with untrusted or potentially corrupt input files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of readelf to trusted input files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6965

MGASA-2019-0169

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3223-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 772

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21137 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9744 · Security Note
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• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17360 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00670 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7209 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9751 · Security Note
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10372 · Security Note
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