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SUSE: CVE-2017-6966: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-6966: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-binutils-gold
  • suse-upgrade-cross-ppc-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-cross-spu-binutils
  • suse-upgrade-libctf-nobfd0
  • suse-upgrade-libctf0

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2
  • GLSA-201709-02
  • CVE-2017-6966
  • USN-4336-2

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