CVE-2017-9040 log
| Source |
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| Severity | Medium |
| Remote | No |
| Type | Denial of service |
| Description | GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash), related to the process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a crafted ELF file that triggers a large memory-allocation attempt. |
| Group | Package | Affected | Fixed | Severity | Status | Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG-276 | binutils | 2.28.0-4 | 2.29.0-1 | High | Fixed |
| References |
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf |
| Notes |
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Reproducer: https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00272-binutils-memallocfailure Fixed: 2.29 |