CVE-2017-12967
Published: 19 August 2017
The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a malformed tekhex binary.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.29-5)
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29-5ubuntu1)
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29-5ubuntu1)
|
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(2.29-5ubuntu1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needed
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Patches: Other: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=de25939739ffe9a9ad7cec07a35bb2a1e430fe39 |
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