| Name | CVE-2017-14729 |
| Description | The *_get_synthetic_symtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, do not ensure a unique PLT entry for a symbol, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, related to elf32-i386.c and elf64-x86-64.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.25-5+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.28-5+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.31.1-16+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.43.50.20241215-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.43.50.20241221-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.29.1-2 |
[stretch] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
First version containing the fix was 2.29.1-2, which was quickly followed by
a fixed 2.29.1-3 for unrelated issues.
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/25/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-_bfd_x86_elf_get_synthetic_symtab-elfxx-x86-c/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22170
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=56933f9e3e90eebf1018ed7417d6c1184b91db6b
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=61e3bf5f83f7e505b6bc51ef65426e5b31e6e360