| Name | CVE-2017-7209 |
| Description | The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a program crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 858323 |
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 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.28-5+deb9u1 | fixed |
| 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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| binutils | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.28-3 | low | | 858323 |
Notes
[jessie] - binutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - binutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21135
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f055032e4e922f1e1a5e11026c7c2669fa2a7d19
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=1835f746a7c7fff70a2cc03a051b14fdc6b3f73f