Bug 2233992 (CVE-2022-47011)

Summary:	CVE-2022-47011 binutils: memory leak in parse_stab_struct_fields() in stabs.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, 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 flaw was found in binutils. 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:	2233993, 2233994, 2233995, 2234210, 2234211, 2234212, 2234213, 2234214, 2234215, 2234216, 2234217, 2234218, 2234219, 2234220, 2234221, 2234222, 2234223, 2234224
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:35:22 UTC

An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs.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=29261

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:36:59 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233993]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233994]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233995]