CVE-2017-12457 in Ubuntu

CVE-2017-12457

Priority

Description

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File
Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29
and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a
crafted file.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12457
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840

Notes

sbeattie

same commit as CVE-2017-12455

Package

Source: binutils (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (2.29.1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	needed
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):	needed
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	needed
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine):	not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):	not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)

Patches:

Other:	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=8bdf0be19d2777565a8b1c88347f65d6a4b8c5fc
Other:	https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=796337aa8ba0aa0397c07c264f82fe8eb9fd46e0

More Information

Updated: 2019-12-05 19:43:11 UTC (commit 0aa5e7c87c8b55d2ec5c7f4ca1179cf75de91961)