PT-2017-18662 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Binutils+2

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-05-18 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2017-9039

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by utilizing a crafted ELF file that contains many program headers. This is related to the get program headers function in readelf.c.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider avoiding the use of the get program headers function in readelf.c until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of ELF files with multiple program headers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9039

MGASA-2019-0169

SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 619

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