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CVE-2017-15996

Fixed in a distro release EPSS 2%

elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

Published 2017-10-29 · CVE record · OSV

Products: gnu binutils

Distro releases

ReleasePackageFixed in
Arch Linuxbinutils2.30-1
Debian 12binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
Debian 13binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
Debian 14binutils2.29.90.20180122-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15binutils2.31-6.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15binutils2.31-6.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSSbinutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCLbinutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSSbinutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSbinutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3cross-ppc-binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3cross-spu-binutils2.31-9.26.1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7binutils2.31-9.26.1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTSbinutilsno fix
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTSbinutils2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
openSUSE Tumbleweedbinutils2.37-1.3