DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6965

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6965
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6965
Upstream
Published
2017-03-17T09:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:15:43Z
Summary
[none]
Details

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / 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
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}