vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-12449: Security patch for binutils (ALAS-2019-1185)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 4, 2017 | Apr 27, 2020 | Sep 30, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 4, 2017
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Sep 30, 2022
Description
The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms file.
Solution(s)
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutilsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-binutils-devel
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