Bug 2234013 (CVE-2022-47673)

Summary:	CVE-2022-47673 binutils: out-of-bounds read in parse_module() in bfd/vms-alpha.c via addr2line
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 09:18:46 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2234017, 2234018, 2234019, 2234285, 2234286, 2234287, 2234288, 2234289, 2234290, 2234291, 2234292, 2234293, 2234294, 2234295, 2234296, 2234297, 2234298, 2234299
Bug Blocks:	2233947

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:20:47 UTC

An issue was discovered in Binutils addr2line before 2.39.3, function parse_module contains multiple out of bound reads which may cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29876

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:24:26 UTC

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234017]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234018]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234019]

Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 13:00:08 UTC

(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> An issue was discovered in Binutils addr2line before 2.39.3, function
> parse_module contains multiple out of bound reads which may cause a denial
> of service or other unspecified impacts.

The SECURITY.txt file found in the upstream GNU Binutils sources makes it clear that bug in inspection tools like addr2line are not considered to be security issues, and hence do not qualify for CVE treatment.