Bug 1488053 – CVE-2017-1000249 file: Stack-based buffer overflow in do_bid_note()

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Bug 1488053 - (CVE-2017-1000249) CVE-2017-1000249 file: Stack-based buffer overflow in do_bid_note()

Summary:	CVE-2017-1000249 file: Stack-based buffer overflow in do_bid_note()

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-1000249

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:	1488575
Blocks:	1488057
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Reported:	2017-09-04 04:20 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-09-05 21:17 EDT (History)
CC List:	18 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2017-09-05 21:17:13 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-04 04:20:22 EDT

A stack-based buffer overflow in do_bid_note() function on readelf.c was found allowing the attacker to overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with specially crafted .notes section in ELF binary.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793

Introduced by commit:

https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-04 04:20:25 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: Thomas Jarosch (Intra2net AG)

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-09-05 14:02:41 EDT

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/397

Comment 3 Andrej Nemec 2017-09-05 14:03:06 EDT

Created file tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488575]

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