Upstream information

CVE-2017-14938 at MITRE

Description

_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.3 5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1061229 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX], 1061234 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 binutils Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 binutils Affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 binutils Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 binutils Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 binutils Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP1 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS binutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 binutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 binutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 binutils Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 binutils Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 binutils Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 binutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 binutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 binutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 binutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 binutils Affected
Container Status
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel
bci/golang
bci/golang:1.16
bci/golang:1.17
bci/golang:1.18
bci/golang:1.19
bci/golang:1.20-openssl
bci/golang:1.21
bci/ruby
bci/rust
bci/rust:1.59
bci/rust:1.60
bci/rust:1.61
bci/rust:1.62
bci/rust:1.63
bci/rust:1.64
bci/rust:1.65
bci/rust:1.66
bci/rust:1.67
bci/rust:1.68
bci/rust:1.75
ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/6/rook/ceph
ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7.1/rook/ceph
ses/7/ceph/ceph
ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7/rook/ceph
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
trento/trento-runner
trento/trento-wanda
binutilsIn progress


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 29 23:19:22 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Mar 4 15:26:49 2024