CVE-2017-15996

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15996

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15996.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-15996

Related

Published

2017-10-29T17:29:00Z

Modified

2024-06-30T12:00:03Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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 getarchivemembername, processarchiveindexandsymbols, and setuparchive functions.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.29.90.20180122-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}