| Name | CVE-2017-17122 |
| Description | The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 | experimental | 2.29.51.20171208-1 | | | |
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.29.90.20180122-1 | low | | |
Notes
[stretch] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22508
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d785b7d4b877ed465d04072e17ca19d0f47d840f