Bug 1595437 (CVE-2018-12700)

Summary: CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aoliva, dvlasenk, erik-fedora, fweimer, jakub, klember, ktietz, law, nickc, ohudlick, rjones, yselkowi
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Bug Depends On: 1595439, 1595440, 1595441, 1595442, 1600273, 1600275    
Bug Blocks: 1595443    

Description Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 21:58:36 UTC 
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.30. A Stack Exhaustion issue was discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite recursion.


References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 	
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 	
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 21:59:41 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595440]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1595439]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595442]