DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15023

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15023

    Published: 5 Oct 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15023

    Summary:

    Details: read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15023

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.29.90.20180122-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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