UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17124

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17124
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17124.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17124
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Published
2017-12-04T08:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:16Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The bfdcoffreadstring_table function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not properly validate the size of the external string table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF binary.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2
2.24-5ubuntu3
2.24-5ubuntu3.1
2.24-5ubuntu13
2.24-5ubuntu14
2.24-5ubuntu14.1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.25.1-6ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu3
2.25.51.20151027-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu2
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2
2.26-2ubuntu1
2.26-3ubuntu1
2.26-4ubuntu1
2.26-5ubuntu1
2.26-6ubuntu1
2.26-7ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu1
2.26-8ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu2.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1"
        },
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        },
        {
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            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1"
        },
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        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-doc",
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            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa-linux-gnu",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-m68k-linux-gnu",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-mips-linux-gnu",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch",
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            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev",
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        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe",
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu",
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu",
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1"
        },
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            "binary_name": "binutils-s390x-linux-gnu",
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            "binary_name": "binutils-sh4-linux-gnu",
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    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}