Bug 1480342 – CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_notes function in bfd/elf.c

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Bug 1480342 - (CVE-2017-12799) CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_notes function in bfd/elf.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_note...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-12799

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

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Depends On:	1480343 1480344
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Reported:	2017-08-10 15:24 EDT by Pedro Sampaio
Modified:	2017-08-10 15:24 EDT (History)
CC List:	14 users (show)

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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 15:24:03 EDT

The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21933

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=957e1fc1c5d0262e4b2f764cf031ad1458446498

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 15:24:22 EDT

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480343]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1480344]

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