Upstream information

CVE-2017-14930 at MITRE

Description

Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.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 (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Ignore

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.1 5
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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 Complete Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 5.3
Vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Access Vector Local Network
Access 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
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1061223 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 binutils Ignore