_bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. Upstream issue: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22166 Upstream patch: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bd61e135492ecf624880e6b78e5fcde3c9716df6
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]