UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17126

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17126
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17126.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17126
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:16Z
Published
2017-12-04T08:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:36:24.059401Z
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 loaddebugsection function in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an ELF file that lacks section headers.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.29.1-4ubuntu1
2.29.1-6ubuntu1
2.29.1-7ubuntu1
2.29.1-8ubuntu1
2.29.1-10ubuntu1
2.29.1-12ubuntu1
2.30-4ubuntu1
2.30-5ubuntu1
2.30-7ubuntu1
2.30-8ubuntu1
2.30-9ubuntu1
2.30-10ubuntu1
2.30-11ubuntu1
2.30-14ubuntu2
2.30-15ubuntu1
2.30-20ubuntu2~18.04
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04

Ecosystem specific 

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