vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-12799: binutils -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 10, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Aug 15, 2025

Description

The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

Solution

debian-upgrade-binutils
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