Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2017-8421 First vendor Publication 2017-05-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-10-03

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve this.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8421

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-03-20 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1062.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-20 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1330.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-01 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-3170-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

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Date Informations
2021-05-04 13:04:57
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2021-04-22 02:18:57
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2020-05-23 01:04:27
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2019-10-03 09:20:36
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2017-12-15 13:23:45
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2017-12-02 13:23:48
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2017-09-19 13:25:08
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2017-09-19 09:26:23
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2017-05-12 21:23:49
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2017-05-02 21:23:46
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