PT-2017-8505 · Gnu+1 · Libiberty+1

Marcel Böhme · Published 2017-02-24 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2016-4490

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 libiberty (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an inconsistent use of long and int types for lengths, which can cause a denial of service. This can lead to a segmentation fault and crash when a crafted binary is used. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4490

DLA-552-1

MGASA-2017-0222

MGASA-2018-0034

MGASA-2018-0046

MGASA-2019-0169

USN-3337-1

USN-3367-1

USN-3368-1

USN-4336-2

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Libiberty

References · 506

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9744 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4487 · Vendor Advisory
• 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-2018-17794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14940 · 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
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19931 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17121 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7209 · Security Note