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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-16828: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-16828: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/15/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/27/2018
Modified
11/27/2018

Description

The display_debug_frames function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to print_debug_frame.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-binutils

References

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