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Bug 1385690 - (CVE-2016-8681) CVE-2016-8681 libdwarf: Heap based buffer overflow in _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code
CVE-2016-8681 libdwarf: Heap based buffer overflow in _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20161006,repor...
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Depends On: 1385693 1385692
Blocks: 1385691
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Reported: 2016-10-17 09:56 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2016-12-14 03:08 EST (History)
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 09:56:53 EDT
An out of bounds heap read vulnerability was found in _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code triggered by invoking dwarfdump command on crafted file.

Upstream patches:

https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/2d14a7792889e33bc542c28d0f3792964c46214f/#diff-13
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/efe48cad0693d6994d9a7b561e1c3833b073a624/#diff-2

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/146
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-10-17 10:00:22 EDT
Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1385692]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1385693]

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