Bug 1483600 (CVE-2017-12456)

Summary:	CVE-2017-12456 binutils: out of bounds heap read in read_symbol_stabs_debugging_inf 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 13:10:37 UTC

The read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in rddbg.c in GNU
Binutils 2.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause an out of
bounds heap read via a crafted binary file.

Upstream bug:

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

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:13:10 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]