| Name | CVE-2017-6965 |
| Description | readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 858264 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | wheezy | 2.22-8+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 2.22-8+deb7u3 | vulnerable | |
| jessie | 2.25-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 2.28-5 | fixed | |
| buster | 2.29-9 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.29-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.28-3 | medium | 858264 |
[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - binutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21137
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=03f7786e2f440b9892b1c34a58fb26222ce1b493