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SUSE: CVE-2017-16831: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-16831: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/15/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/18/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate the symbol count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-gold
  • suse-upgrade-cross-aarch64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-arm-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-avr-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-epiphany-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-hppa-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-hppa64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-i386-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ia64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-m68k-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-mips-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc64le-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-riscv64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-rx-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-s390-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-s390x-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-sparc-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-sparc64-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-spu-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-libctf-nobfd0
  • suse-upgrade-libctf0

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3170-2
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2
  • GLSA-201811-17
  • CVE-2017-16831
  • USN-4336-2
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