624702 – (CVE-2017-9954) <sys-devel/binutils-2.28.1: stack-based buffer over-read in getvalue function

Bug 624702 (CVE-2017-9954) - <sys-devel/binutils-2.28.1: stack-based buffer over-read in getvalue function

Summary: <sys-devel/binutils-2.28.1: stack-based buffer over-read in getvalue function

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2017-9954

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
Whiteboard:	A3 [glsa cve]
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Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2017-07-12 15:17 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2017-09-17 15:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-07-12 15:17:56 UTC

From ${URL} :

The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)
library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows
attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer
over-read and application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as
demonstrated by mishandling within the nm program.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21670

Upstream patch:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=04e15b4a9462cb1ae819e878a6009829aab8020b


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.

Comment 1 Matthias Maier gentoo-dev

2017-08-02 00:15:02 UTC

commit cf5003fe2fc3b45f366d0a3c6fdf834ed9d54321
Author: Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org>
Date:   Tue Aug 1 19:05:14 2017 -0500

    sys-devel/binutils: version bump to 2.28.1, patchset 1.0
    
    Includes fixes for bugs #622036 #622500 #622886 #624524 #624702
    
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.6, Repoman-2.3.3

Comment 2 Christopher Díaz Riveros (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-09-07 02:25:55 UTC

@Maintainers could you please confirm if we need to stabilize or should we proceed with cleanup?

Thanks

Gentoo Security Padawan
ChrisADR

Comment 3 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2017-09-15 18:58:15 UTC

All vulnerable versions are masked. No cleanup (toolchain package).

Comment 4 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-09-17 15:32:13 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201709-02 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).