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Bug 908087 (CVE-2023-1972) - <sys-devel/binutils-2.41 : heap buffer overread
Summary: <sys-devel/binutils-2.41 : heap buffer overread
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2023-1972
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL:
Whiteboard: B3 [noglsa]
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Reported: 2023-06-09 04:38 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2024-10-05 08:10 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-06-09 04:38:57 UTC 
CVE-2023-1972 (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285):

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.

Patch is: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c22d38baefc5a7a1e1f5cdc9dbb556b1f0ec5c57
Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-10-04 12:32:52 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b73103f94b4587a84a752a6d21a6de12f4ac1ab6

commit b73103f94b4587a84a752a6d21a6de12f4ac1ab6
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-10-04 12:32:00 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-10-04 12:32:00 +0000

    package.mask: Update binutils mask to <2.42
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/908087
    Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Comment 2 Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev Security 2024-10-05 08:10:40 UTC 
noglsa as discussed with dilfridge on #gentoo-security.