PT-2017-18664 · Gnu+2 · Gnu Binutils+2

Published 2017-05-18 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2017-9041

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, resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, by providing a crafted ELF file. This is related to the mishandling of MIPS GOT in the process mips specific function in readelf.c.

Recommendations For GNU Binutils version 2.28, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by the denial of service vulnerability related to the process mips specific function in readelf.c.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9041

MGASA-2019-0169

SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

Ubuntu

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