PT-2017-4286 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Binutils+1

Adhokshaj Mishra · Published 2017-08-25 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2017-13716

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Description: The issue is related to the C++ symbol demangler routine in cplus-dem.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through excessive memory allocation and application crash via a crafted file. This can be triggered by a call from the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. The vulnerability is associated with unlimited memory allocation.

Recommendations: For GNU Binutils version 2.29, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of excessive memory allocation and application crash. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of crafted files that could trigger the denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07741

CVE-2017-13716

ECHO-8A87-AB68-F9F6

MGASA-2019-0169

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Binutils

References · 40

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22009 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13716 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0169.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07741 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/37N6SA4WSBTFWAMPQXHSO7JRJQ6EIIO5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se81-bulletin-20230315SE81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13716 · Security Note
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-October/004683.html · Note