Bug 1291299 – CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c

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Bug 1291299 - (CVE-2015-8538) CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c

Summary:	CVE-2015-8538 libdwarf: Out-of-bounds read in dwarf_leb.c

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2015-8538

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Reopened, Security

Depends On:	1291300 1289385
Blocks:	1291302
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Reported:	2015-12-14 09:21 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2016-06-13 05:02 EDT (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-06-10 09:29:55 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-12-14 09:21:13 EST

It was found that if an ELF file is passed to dwarfdump, SIGSEGV will occur in libdwarf/dwarf_leb.c.

Product bug (includes reproducer):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289385

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/464

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-12-14 09:21:36 EST

Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1291300]

Comment 2 Tom Hughes 2015-12-14 09:22:58 EST

Already fixed against RHBZ#1289385.

Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2015-12-14 09:46:14 EST

Acknowledgments:

Red Hat would like to thank Xiao Qixue for reporting this issue.

Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2016-01-14 07:33:01 EST

Reopening. This is an umbrella bug for more than just Fedora.

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