CVE-2017-17122 - log back

CVE-2017-17122 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ High
Remote
+ Remote
Type
+ Arbitrary code execution
Description
+ The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.
References
+ https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22508
+ https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d785b7d4b877ed465d04072e17ca19d0f47d840f
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