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Bug 1595437 - (CVE-2018-12700) CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c
CVE-2018-12700 binutils: Stack Exhaustion in debug_write_type in debug.c
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20180411,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1595440 1600273 1600275 1595439 1595441 1595442
Blocks: 1595443
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Reported: 2018-06-26 17:58 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2018-07-11 17:35 EDT (History)
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 17:58:36 EDT
A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.30. A Stack Exhaustion issue was discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite recursion.


References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1763102 	
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85454 	
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23057
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-06-26 17:59:41 EDT
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595440]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1595439]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1595442]

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