CVE-2017-6966
published 2017-03-17CVE-2017-6966: readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This…
PriorityP416medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.03%
60.2th percentile
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | binutils | < binutils 2.28-3 (bookworm) | binutils 2.28-3 (bookworm) |
| gnu | binutils | — | — |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.28-3 | 2.28-3 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.28-3 | 2.28-3 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.28-3 | 2.28-3 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.28-3 | 2.28-3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-07-21
CVE-2018-19932 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Title: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils.
USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security
issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
vendor_redhat·2017-02-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-6966 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
A vulnerability was found in readelf; part of binutils. A crafted executable or shared library could cause use-after-free and out-of-bounds writes, leading to a crash or possible code execution.
Statement: Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/upda
Debian
CVE-2017-6966: binutils - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free)...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-6966 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-6966: binutils - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free)...
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.28-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.28-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.28-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.28-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.28-3)
GHSA
GHSA-8v4m-gqx8-68xh: readelf in GNU Binutils 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-6966 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 GHSA-8v4m-gqx8-68xh: readelf in GNU Binutils 2
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
OSV
CVE-2017-6966: readelf in GNU Binutils 2
osv·2017-03-17·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-6966 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-6966: readelf in GNU Binutils 2
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6966 binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
bugzilla·2017-03-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-6966 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-6966 binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
CVE-2017-6966 binutils: Use-after-free in target_specific_reloc_handling in readelf
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 has a use-after-free (specifically read-after-free) error while processing multiple, relocated sections in an MSP430 binary. This is caused by mishandling of an invalid symbol index, and mishandling of state across invocations.
Upstream bug:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21139
Upstream patch:
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f84ce13b6708801ca1d6289b7c4003e2f5a6d7f9
Discussion:
Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1435309]
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Statement:
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
Bugzilla
mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]
bugzilla·2017-03-23·CVSS 5.5
[MEDIUM] mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]
mingw-binutils: various flaws [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora EPEL. While
only one trackin
arXiv
An Empirical Study on Benchmarks of Artificial Software Vulnerabilities
arxiv_fulltext·2020-03-21
An Empirical Study on Benchmarks of Artificial Software Vulnerabilities
An Empirical Study on Benchmarks of Artificial Software Vulnerabilities
Sijia Geng1
Yuekang Li2 Yunlan Du1
Jun Xu3 Yang Liu2 Bing Mao1
1Nanjing University
2Nanyang Technological University
3Stevens Institute of Technology
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## Abstract
Recently, various techniques (e.g., fuzzing) have been developed for vulnerability detection. To evaluate those techniques, the community has been developing benchmarks of artificial vulnerabilities because of a shortage of ground-truth.
However, people have concerns that such vulnerabilities cannot represent reality and may lead to unreliable and misleading results.
Unfortunately, there lacks research on handling such concerns.
In this work, to understand how close these benchmarks mirror reality, we perform an empirical study on th
2017-03-17
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