scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.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 (NULL pointer dereference 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=0d76029f92182c3682d8be2c833d45bc9a2068fe
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]