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SUSE: CVE-2017-8421: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-8421: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

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-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
  • CVE-2017-8421
  • USN-4336-2

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