DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4491

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4491
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4491.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4491
Upstream
Published
2017-02-24T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:18Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dprintcomp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

libiberty

Package

Name
libiberty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170627-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12

binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

libiberty

Package

Name
libiberty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170627-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13

binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

libiberty

Package

Name
libiberty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170627-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14

binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.28-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

libiberty

Package

Name
libiberty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libiberty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170627-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}