Bug 1573365 (CVE-2018-10373) - CVE-2018-10373 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename() allows for denial of service via crafted file
Summary: CVE-2018-10373 binutils: NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-10373
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: 1573366 1573367 1573368 1573369 1579064 1579065
Blocks: 1573371
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Reported: 2018-05-01 02:20 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:20:56 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3032 0 None None None 2018-10-30 07:24:23 UTC

Description Sam Fowler 2018-05-01 02:20:53 UTC 
GNU Binutils through version 2.30 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in dwarf2.c:concat_filename(). An attacker could exploit this to crash the nm-new application  by providing a binary file.


Upstream Issue:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23065


Upstream Patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6327533b1fd29fa86f6bf34e61c332c010e3c689
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-05-01 02:21:29 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1573368]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1573366]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1573369]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:24:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3032 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
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