vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2017-8421: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 2, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2017
Added
Dec 1, 2017
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
Description
The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve this.
Solution(s)
suse-upgrade-binutilssuse-upgrade-binutils-develsuse-upgrade-binutils-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-binutils-goldsuse-upgrade-cross-ppc-binutilssuse-upgrade-cross-spu-binutilssuse-upgrade-libctf-nobfd0suse-upgrade-libctf0
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