PT-2017-4303 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Binutils+1

Published 2017-09-21 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-14974

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 get synthetic symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library, which mishandle the failure of a certain canonicalization step. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a crafted ELF file. The components elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c are specifically affected.

Recommendations: For GNU Binutils version 2.29, consider avoiding the use of the get synthetic symtab functions until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted ELF files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07758

CVE-2017-14974

MGASA-2019-0169

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1

Affected Products

Gnu Binutils

Suse

References · 239

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14974 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07758 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/37N6SA4WSBTFWAMPQXHSO7JRJQ6EIIO5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14974 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22163 · Patch
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se81-bulletin-20230315SE81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0169.html · Security Note