Bug 2234012 (CVE-2022-45703)

Summary:	CVE-2022-45703 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in display_debug_section() in readelf.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
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	No Doc Update
Doc Text:	A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in display_debug_section in binutils-2.40. An attacker using a specially crafted payload to trigger a buffer overflow resulting in damage to availability, confidentiality and integrity.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-11-09 09:18:35 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	2234014, 2234015, 2234016, 2234270, 2234271, 2234272, 2234273, 2234274, 2234275, 2234276, 2234277, 2234278, 2234279, 2234280, 2234281, 2234282, 2234283, 2234284
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:17:57 UTC

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

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29799

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:22:39 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234014]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234015]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234016]

Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 12:55:35 UTC

(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via
> function display_debug_section in file readelf.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.