CVE-2017-7304
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 2%
The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.
Products: gnu binutils
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | binutils | 2.27.51.20161212-1 |
| Debian 13 | binutils | 2.27.51.20161212-1 |
| Debian 14 | binutils | 2.27.51.20161212-1 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | cross-ppc-binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | cross-spu-binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | cross-ppc-binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | cross-ppc-binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | cross-spu-binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | cross-spu-binutils | 2.29.1-9.20.2 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | binutils | 2.31-9.26.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | binutils | 2.37-1.3 |