Bug 2234004 (CVE-2022-44840)

Summary:	CVE-2022-44840 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() in readelf.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, 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, virt-maint, vkrizan
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in binutils in the find_section_in_set function. This flaw allows an attacker to use a specially crafted payload to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in issues with availability, confidentiality, and integrity.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2234009, 2234010, 2234011, 2234255, 2234256, 2234257, 2234258, 2234259, 2234260, 2234261, 2234262, 2234263, 2234264, 2234265, 2234266, 2234267, 2234268, 2234269
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:11:52 UTC

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:14:46 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234009]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234010]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234011]