Bug 1524478 (CVE-2017-17080) - CVE-2017-17080 binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32
Summary: CVE-2017-17080 binutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-17080
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1499310 1499311
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-11 15:20 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2026-03-02 08:34 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:33:13 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 15:20:44 UTC 
elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted object file, related to elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo, elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and elfcore_grok_nto_status.

Upstream issue:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22421

Upstream patches:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=80a0437873045cc08753fcac4af154e2931a99fd
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 15:21:28 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499311]
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 15:21:59 UTC 
Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1499310]
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