CVE-2017-14938
Published: 30 September 2017
_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.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 (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.29.90.20180122-1)
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(2.32-8ubuntu1)
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(2.32-8ubuntu1)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
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Patches: Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bd61e135492ecf624880e6b78e5fcde3c9716df6 |
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