Bug 1070764 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-17080: binutils: elf.c in the libbfd, as distributedin GNU Binutils does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Bug 1070764 - (CVE-2017-17080) VUL-0: CVE-2017-17080: binutils: elf.c in the libbfd, as distributedin GNU Binutils does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

(CVE-2017-17080)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2017-17080: binutils: elf.c in the libbfd, as distributedin GNU Bi...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
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Assigned To:	Michael Matz
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/196003/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3:RedHat:CVE-2017-17080:3.3:(AV:...
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Reported:	2017-12-01 10:59 UTC by Victor Pereira
Modified:	2020-04-01 17:01 UTC (History)
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Description Victor Pereira 2017-12-01 10:59:13 UTC

CVE-2017-17080

elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed
in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer
over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to
elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and
elfcore_grok_nto_status.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-17080
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-17080.html
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-17080/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421

Comment 1 Johannes Segitz 2018-06-20 07:19:59 UTC

SUSE will not provide a fix for this issue since the risk to our customers posed by it is negligible.