Bug 1480342 (CVE-2017-12799) - CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_notes function in bfd/elf.c
Summary: CVE-2017-12799 binutils: Heap-based 1 byte buffer over-write in elf_read_note...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-12799
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1480343 1480344
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-10 19:24 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:20:20 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 19:24:03 UTC
The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21933

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=957e1fc1c5d0262e4b2f764cf031ad1458446498

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-10 19:24:22 UTC
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480343]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1480344]


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