Bug 164666

Summary:	CAN-2005-1704 Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	mjc
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=low,public=20050525,reported=20050504,source=vendorsec
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-763	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-07-29 20:11:41 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #159894 +++

Integer overflow in the BFD library for binutils allows attackers to
execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number
of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-07-29 20:18:31 UTC

This is the place holder for RHEL2.1, the parent bug is for RHEL4 U2.

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2005-08-01 17:37:06 UTC

Jakub,

I recall you telling me that the RHEL2.1 code is very different and the backport
will be very difficult.  Any status on this issue for RHEL2.1?

Comment 4 Jakub Jelinek 2005-08-31 20:21:54 UTC

Ok, the rest is now backported, and binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.5
in dist-2.1AS-errata-candidate.  WIll need extra QA care though, as
I had to basically rewrite most of the patches from scratch (with around 80%
of rejects I can't speak about applying patches).

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-11 15:22:25 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html