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  • Committer: Steve Beattie
  • Date: 2019-02-19 06:18:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: sbeattie@ubuntu.com-20190219061827-oh57fzcfc1u9dlfk
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Candidate: CVE-2017-15938
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PublicDate: 2017-10-27
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References:
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15938
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 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22209
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 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=1b86808a86077722ee4f42ff97f836b12420bb2a
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 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-invalid-memory-read-in-find_abstract_instance_name-dwarf2-c/
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Description:
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 dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as
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 distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs
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 in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to
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 cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,
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 segmentation fault, and application crash).
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Ubuntu-Description:
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Notes:
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Bugs:
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Priority: low
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Discovered-by:
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Assigned-to:
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Patches_binutils:
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upstream_binutils: needs-triage
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precise/esm_binutils: needs-triage
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trusty_binutils: needs-triage
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xenial_binutils: needs-triage
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zesty_binutils: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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artful_binutils: needs-triage
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bionic_binutils: needs-triage
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devel_binutils: needs-triage