Upstream information

CVE-2017-12449 at MITRE

Description

The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 2.1
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial None
Availability Impact Partial None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 4
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High None
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1052515 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX], 1059785 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 binutils Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 binutils Ignore
Magnum Orchestration 7 binutils Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 binutils Ignore
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 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 binutils Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 binutils Ignore
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 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 binutils Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 binutils Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 binutils Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 binutils Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 binutils Ignore
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security binutils Ignore


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 4 20:19:47 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 8 18:16:29 2024