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Bug 639692 (CVE-2017-17080) - <sys-devel/binutils-2.30 : Denial of Service vulnerability
Summary: <sys-devel/binutils-2.30 : Denial of Service vulnerability
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2017-17080
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
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Whiteboard: A3 [glsa+ cve]
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Depends on: CVE-2018-7208, CVE-2018-7568, CVE-2018-7569, CVE-2018-7570, CVE-2018-7643, CVE-2018-8945 binutils-2.30-stable
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Reported: 2017-12-04 01:41 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2018-11-27 02:01 UTC (History)
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2017-12-04 01:41:19 UTC 
CVE-2017-17080 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-17080):
  elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as
  distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes,
  which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32
  heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object
  file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,
  elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.
Comment 1 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2017-12-04 01:42:20 UTC 
@Maintainers please let us know when a fixed version is available in tree.

Thank you
Comment 2 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2017-12-16 21:52:11 UTC 
In upstream master
Patch added to gentoo/binutils-2.29.1 branch, for future patchlevel 4
Comment 3 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2018-04-29 18:35:02 UTC 
Fixed in 2.30
Comment 4 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2018-11-27 02:01:53 UTC 
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201811-17 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).