CVE-2017-13710 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5227	The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4336-2	GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100499
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13710
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=0c54f69295208331faab9bc5e995111a35672f9b
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13710

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-27T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:05:19.913Z

Reserved: 2017-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-13710

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-27T16:29:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-13710

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-13710 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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