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CVE-2017-7304

Published: 29 March 2017

The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.27.51.20161212-1)
xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(2.28-1ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H