GNU Binutils CVE-2017-9754 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. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code execution may be possible but this has not been confirmed.

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

Information

Bugtraq ID: 99125
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2017-9754

Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 19 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Alexandre Adamski
Vulnerable: GNU Binutils 2.28

Not Vulnerable:

Exploit

The researcher who discovered this issue has created a proof-of-concept. Please see the references for more information.

References:

• binutils Homepage (binutils)
  
• Bug 21591 - SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000 in versados_scan (sourceware.org)
  

Source: www.securityfocus.com