Bug 2234003 (CVE-2021-46174)

Summary:	CVE-2021-46174 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl32() in libbfd.c via objdump
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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Last Closed:	2023-11-09 09:18:18 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2234006, 2234007, 2234008, 2234240, 2234241, 2234242, 2234243, 2234244, 2234245, 2234246, 2234247, 2234248, 2234249, 2234250, 2234251, 2234252, 2234253, 2234254
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:09:38 UTC

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28753

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:13:51 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234006]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234007]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234008]

Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 12:44:31 UTC

(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37.
 
The SECURITY.txt file found in the upstream GNU Binutils sources makes it clear that bug in inspection tools like objdump are not considered to be security issues, and hence do not qualify for CVE treatment.