CVE-2017-17124

Updated: 2024-11-30 02:20:56.302795

Description:

The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.8

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1638803819 2022-05-05 12:03:16
CloudLinux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released 2021-12-06 11:56:10
Oracle Linux 6 ELS binutils 2.20 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1637770725 2021-11-24 13:55:59
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS binutils 2.26 7.8 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1635459139 2021-11-02 21:02:48