Bug 2233969 (CVE-2022-35205) - CVE-2022-35205 binutils: reachable assertion in display_debug_names() in dwarf.c
Summary: CVE-2022-35205 binutils: reachable assertion in display_debug_names() in dwarf.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2022-35205
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2233971 2233972 2233973 2234135 2234136 2234137 2234138 2234139 2234140 2234141 2234142 2234143 2234144 2234145 2234146 2234147 2234148 2234149
Blocks: 2233947
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-23 20:06 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2024-02-16 08:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-11-09 09:16:10 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:06:19 UTC 
An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Reference:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 20:08:35 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233971]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233972]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2233973]
Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2023-08-24 12:03:23 UTC 
(In reply to Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz from comment #0)
> An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion
> failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial
> of service.
 
The SECURITY.txt file found in the upstream GNU Binutils sources makes it clear that bug in inspection tools like readelf are not considered to be security issues, and hence do not qualify for CVE treatment.
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