CVE-2017-8398 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in objdump and readelf by providing a corrupt binary that triggers an invalid read.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-8398?
CVE-2017-8398 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 1 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to crash.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8398?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Binutils.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8398?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-8398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8398, GHSA-266j-p4xx-fvxr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8398.