Bug 1483602 (CVE-2017-12458)

Summary: CVE-2017-12458 binutils: out of bounds heap read in nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: 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 13:11:18 UTC 
The nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h 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 nlm file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8bdf0be19d2777565a8b1c88347f65d6a4b8c5fc
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-08-21 13:15:03 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]