Bug 1906778

Summary:	CVE-2020-16592 binutils: use-after-free in bfd_hash_lookup could result in DoS [fedora-32]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Nick Clifton <nickc>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	32	CC:	adscvr, aoliva, dvlasenk, fweimer, jakub, nickc, sipoyare
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Last Closed:	2020-12-11 16:57:38 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	1906777

Description Michael Kaplan 2020-12-11 11:56:23 UTC

This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-32.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs

When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s).  This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.

Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-12-11 11:56:27 UTC

Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=medium

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1906777,1906778

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2020-12-11 16:57:38 UTC

Fixed upstream and in Fedora 33 and rawhide.
Given the very low impact of this CVE, I do not see any need to backport the fix to F32.