Bug 1483597 (CVE-2017-12453)

Summary:	CVE-2017-12453 binutils: out of bounds heap read in __bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erik-fedora, fedora-mingw, jakub, klember, ktietz, law, nickc, ohudlick, rjones, yselkowi
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Bug Depends On:	1483603, 1483604, 1483605
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:09:46 UTC

The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.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 alpha file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21813

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:12:31 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483604]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1483603]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483605]