GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9038 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	98589
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-9038
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 GNU Binutils 2.28
Not Vulnerable:

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9038 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

GNU Binutils is prone to multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities.

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

GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9038 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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-2017-9038 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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

GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9038 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

References:

• binutils Homepage (binutils)
  
• binutils: multiple crashes (gentoo.org)
  
• CVE-2017-9038 (Redhat)
  
• readelf: Update check for invalid word offsets in ARM unwind information. (binutils)
  
• Bug 1452167 - (CVE-2017-9038) CVE-2017-9038 binutils: Heap-buffer overflow in t (Redhat)