USN-5341-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity

Low

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled checks for memory allocation when parsing relocs in a corrupt file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-17122) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain corrupt DWARF debug sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3487) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly performed bounds checking operations when parsing stabs debugging information. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-45078)

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-17122, CVE-2021-3487, CVE-2021-45078.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• CF Deployment
  • All versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• CF Deployment
  • For all versions, upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2017-17122
• CVE-2021-3487
• CVE-2021-45078

History

2022-04-21: Initial vulnerability report published.