CVE-2017-15996
Published: 29 October 2017
elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
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=d91f0b20e561e326ee91a09a76206257bde8438b |
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