Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17125 (CCN-135839)

Assigned:2017-11-28
Published:2017-11-28
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary:nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF 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
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/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): Low
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
1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17125

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnu-binutils-cve201717125-dos(135839)

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201811-17

Source: CCN
Type: Sourceware Bugzilla – Bug 22443
Global buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22443

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=160b1a618ad94988410dc81fce9189fcda5b7ff4

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Binutils Web site
GNU Binutils

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:binutils:2.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017171250000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717125000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717125000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017171250000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201717125000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017171250000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201717125000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017171250000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2017-12-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717125000
    V
    		CVE-2017-17125 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-12-04
    BACK
    gnu binutils 2.29.1
    gnu binutils 2.29.1