SB2017051814 - Out-of-bounds read in GNU Binutils
Published: May 18, 2017 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051814
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9038)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in GNU Binutils 2.28. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM unwind information that contains invalid word offsets.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.