Bug 2233975 (CVE-2022-35206)

Summary:	CVE-2022-35206 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in read_and_display_attr_value() 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, 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 null pointer dereference vulnerability was identified in Binutils' readelf, specifically in the function read_and_display_attr_value() in the file dwarf.c. Attackers could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a null pointer dereference and causing a denial-of-service condition.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-11-09 09:16:41 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2233976, 2233977, 2233978, 2234150, 2234151, 2234152, 2234153, 2234154, 2234155, 2234156, 2234157, 2234158, 2234159, 2234160, 2234161, 2234162, 2234163, 2234164
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:12:32 UTC

Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Binutils readelf 2.38.50 via function read_and_display_attr_value in file dwarf.c.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29290

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:14:07 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233976]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233977]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233978]

Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 12:07:35 UTC

(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> Null pointer dereference vulnerability in Binutils readelf 2.38.50 via
> function read_and_display_attr_value in file dwarf.c.

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.