GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9040 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98579
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-9040
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 17 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	May 17 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo.
Vulnerable:	Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5
Not Vulnerable:

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9040 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

GNU Binutils is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9040 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9040 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9040 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-9040 (Redhat)
  
• binutils Homepage (binutils)
  
• binutils: multiple crashes (gentoo.org)
  
• readelf: fix out of range subtraction, seg fault from a NULL pointer and memory (binutils)
  
• Bug 1452169 - (CVE-2017-9040) CVE-2017-9040 binutils: NULL pointer dereference (Redhat)