CVE-2017-9954

Publication date 26 June 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
binutils	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable

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Notes

ratliff

reproducer doesn't crash on trusty,zesty (no ASAN)

sbeattie

second commit is a partial revert of the first, correcting a leaked in change.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
binutils	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=04e15b4a9462cb1ae819e878a6009829aab8020b Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=2d68166e8704569eeceb76ac743ea1e7cca2af26

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H