Bug 1291299 (CVE-2015-8538)

Summary: CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: carnil, fche, kanderso, law, nickc, nobody+bgollahe, ohudlick, orion, osoukup, rzima
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Bug Depends On: 1289385, 1291300    
Bug Blocks: 1291302    

Description Adam Mariš 2015-12-14 14:21:13 UTC 
It was found that if an ELF file is passed to dwarfdump, SIGSEGV will occur in libdwarf/dwarf_leb.c.

Product bug (includes reproducer):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289385

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/464
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-12-14 14:21:36 UTC 
Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1291300]
Comment 2 Tom Hughes 2015-12-14 14:22:58 UTC 
Already fixed against RHBZ#1289385.
Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2016-01-14 12:33:01 UTC 
Reopening. This is an umbrella bug for more than just Fedora.