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:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aoliva, dvlasenk, erik-fedora, fweimer, jakub, klember, ktietz, law, nickc, ohudlick, rjones, yselkowi
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	[REJECTED CVE] 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.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-06-10 10:30:30 UTC	Type:	---
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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]