PublicDateAtUSN: 2017-09-12 08:29:00 UTC
Candidate: CVE-2017-14333
PublicDate: 2017-09-12 08:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14333
 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21990
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Description:
 The process_version_sections function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29
 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Integer Overflow, and hang
 because of a time-consuming loop) or possibly have unspecified other impact
 via a crafted binary file with invalid values of ent.vn_next, during
 "readelf -a" execution.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 leosilva> code in precise and trusty are quite different, needs backport
 sbeattie> for 2.29 branch, 64aa1246572306b72dc479b46d13ff749b0c3236 is
   an omnibus patch set
 mdeslaur> included in second CVE-2017-12450 commit
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_binutils:
 upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=452bf675ea772002aa86fb1d28f3474da70ee1de
 upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=64aa1246572306b72dc479b46d13ff749b0c3236
upstream_binutils: released (2.29.1)
precise/esm_binutils: ignored (end of ESM support, was needed)
trusty_binutils: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_binutils: needed
vivid/ubuntu-core_binutils: DNE
xenial_binutils: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
esm-infra/xenial_binutils: released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1)
zesty_binutils: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
bionic_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
cosmic_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
disco_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
eoan_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
focal_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
groovy_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
hirsute_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
impish_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
jammy_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
devel_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)