Bug 1499309 – CVE-2017-14529 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl16 function in peXXigen.c

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Bug 1499309 - (CVE-2017-14529) CVE-2017-14529 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl16 function in peXXigen.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-14529 binutils: heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl16 function i...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-14529

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:	1499310 1499311
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Reported:	2017-10-06 13:51 EDT by Pedro Sampaio
Modified:	2017-10-06 13:52 EDT (History)
CC List:	15 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	binutils 2.30
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-10-06 13:51:47 EDT

The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor
(BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,
mishandles HintName vector entries, which allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application
crash) via a crafted PE file, related to the bfd_getl16 function.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22113

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=4d465c689a8fb27212ef358d0aee89d60dee69a6
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=dcaaca89e8618eba35193c27afcb1cfa54f74582

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-10-06 13:52:26 EDT

Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499311]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1499310]

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