CVE-2019-17450

NameCVE-2019-17450
Descriptionfind_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
binutils (PTS)bullseye2.35.2-2fixed
bookworm2.40-2fixed
sid, trixie2.43.50.20241215-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
binutilssource(unstable)2.34-1unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=063c511bd79281f33fd33f0964541a73511b9e2b
binutils not covered by security support
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