Bug 2233969 (CVE-2022-35205)

Summary:	CVE-2022-35205 binutils: reachable assertion in display_debug_names() in dwarf.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acrosby, ailan, apmukher, bdettelb, caswilli, desktop-qa-list, fjansen, fweimer, gdb-bugs, hkataria, jburrell, jmitchel, jsamir, jsherril, jtanner, kaycoth, keiths, kshier, mcermak, mpolacek, mprchlik, nickc, ohudlick, psegedy, rjones, sipoyare, sthirugn, tsasak, virt-maint, vkrizan
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in Binutils' readelf, where a reachable assertion failure in the function display_debug_names could be exploited by attackers, leading to a denial-of-service condition.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-11-09 09:16:10 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2233971, 2233972, 2233973, 2234135, 2234136, 2234137, 2234138, 2234139, 2234140, 2234141, 2234142, 2234143, 2234144, 2234145, 2234146, 2234147, 2234148, 2234149
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:06:19 UTC

An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:08:35 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233971]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233972]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233973]

Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 12:03:23 UTC

(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion
> failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial
> of service.
 
The SECURITY.txt file found in the upstream GNU Binutils sources makes it clear that bug in inspection tools like readelf are not considered to be security issues, and hence do not qualify for CVE treatment.