Vulnerability CVE-2017-12457

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-12457 (CCN-130143)

Assigned:

2017-07-26

Published:

2017-07-26

Updated:

2017-08-07

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-476

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-12457

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 2012605 (PureData System for Analytics)
Multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Binutils and Open Source OpenSSL affect IBM Netezza Analytics

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 2012609 (PureData System for Analytics)
Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils affect IBM Netezza Platform Software clients.

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnu-binutils-cve201712457-dos(130143)

Source: CCN
Type: Sourceware Bugzilla Bug 21840
Undefined behavior round 3

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840

Source: CCN
Type: binutils GIT Repository
Fix address violation issues encountered when parsing corrupt binaries.

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.29)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:puredata_system:1.0.0:*:*:*:analytics:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017124570000000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201712457000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201712457000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017124570000000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201712457000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017124570000000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201712457000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017124570000000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2017-08-04
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201712457000	V	CVE-2017-12457 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-08-04

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