Bug 1452592 – CVE-2017-9055 libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata()

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Bug 1452592 - (CVE-2017-9055) CVE-2017-9055 libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata()

Summary:	CVE-2017-9055 libdwarf: heap-based buffer over-read in dwarf_formsdata()

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-9055

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

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Depends On:	1452593 1452594
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Reported:	2017-05-19 05:38 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-05-19 05:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Adam Mariš 2017-05-19 05:38:25 EDT

An issue, also known as DW201703-001, was discovered in libdwarf 2017-03-21. In dwarf_formsdata() a few data types were not checked for being in bounds, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read.

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https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html#DW201703-001

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-05-19 05:40:43 EDT

Created libdwarf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1452593]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1452594]

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