UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8396

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8396
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8396.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8396
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Published
2017-05-01T18:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:58Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets less than the size of the reloc field. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2
2.24-5ubuntu3
2.24-5ubuntu3.1
2.24-5ubuntu13
2.24-5ubuntu14
2.24-5ubuntu14.1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.25.1-6ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu3
2.25.51.20151027-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu2
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2
2.26-2ubuntu1
2.26-3ubuntu1
2.26-4ubuntu1
2.26-5ubuntu1
2.26-6ubuntu1
2.26-7ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu1
2.26-8ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu2.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils"
        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "binutils-alpha-linux-gnu"
        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi"
        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-doc"
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa-linux-gnu"
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        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-m68k-linux-gnu"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips-linux-gnu"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-s390x-linux-gnu"
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sh4-linux-gnu"
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu"
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    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}