Bug 2233984 (CVE-2022-47008)

Summary:	CVE-2022-47008 binutils: memory leak in make_tempdir() and make_tempname() in bucomm.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	acrosby, adibrahi, ailan, bdettelb, caswilli, desktop-qa-list, dfreiber, doconnor, drow, fjansen, fweimer, gdb-bugs, hkataria, jburrell, jdobes, jmitchel, jsamir, jsherril, jtanner, kaycoth, keiths, kholdawa, kshier, lcouzens, mcermak, mpolacek, mprchlik, mskarbek, nickc, ohudlick, orabin, psegedy, rjones, sipoyare, sthirugn, teagle, virt-maint, vkrizan, vkumar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A memory leak was found in binutils in the make_tempdir and make_tempname functions. This flaw allows an attacker to use a set of steps to trigger a memory leak and perform a denial of service, resulting in a loss of the system's availability.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2233985, 2233986, 2233987, 2234180, 2234181, 2234182, 2234183, 2234184, 2234185, 2234186, 2234187, 2234188, 2234189, 2234190, 2234191, 2234192, 2234193, 2234194
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:23:01 UTC

An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29255%20

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:24:34 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233985]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233986]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233987]