Bug 618514 – <sys-devel/binutils-2.28-r1: heap buffer overflow in printf_common (CVE-2017-8398)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot 2017-05-15 09:31:24 UTC]

CVE-2017-8398 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8398):
  dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1
  during dumping of debug information from a corrupt binary. This
  vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs,
  such as objdump and readelf, to crash.


Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d949ff5607b9f595e0eed2ff15fbe5eb84eb3a34

[Comment 1 Matthias Maier 2017-06-06 22:28:33 UTC]

2.27: could not backport patch
2.28: Fixed in 2.28-r1


commit 2f7eb9e2fe785abde175d4f7a041fa64d330fdf7 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Matthias Maier <[e-mail]>
Date:   Tue Jun 6 17:04:54 2017 -0500

    sys-devel/binutils: 2.28 - multiple security fixes, bug #618514, bug #618516, bug #618520, bug #618826
    
    CVE-2017-9041
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=75ec1fdbb797a389e4fe4aaf2e15358a070dcc19
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=c4ab9505b53cdc899506ed421fddb7e1f8faf7a3
    
    CVE-2017-9040, CVE-2017-9042
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7296a62a2a237f6b1ad8db8c38b090e9f592c8cf
    
    CVE-2017-9039
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=82156ab704b08b124d319c0decdbd48b3ca2dac5
    
    CVE-2017-9038
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f32ba72991d2406b21ab17edc234a2f3fa7fb23d
    
    CVE-2017-8421
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=39ff1b79f687b65f4144ddb379f22587003443fb
    
    CVE-2017-8396, CVE-2017-8397
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=04b31182bf3f8a1a76e995bdfaaaab4c009b9cb2
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=a941291cab71b9ac356e1c03968c177c03e602ab
    
    CVE-2017-8395
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e63d123268f23a4cbc45ee55fb6dbc7d84729da3
    
    CVE-2017-8394
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7eacd66b086cabb1daab20890d5481894d4f56b2
    
    CVE-2017-8393
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bce964aa6c777d236fbd641f2bc7bb931cfe4bf3
    
    CVE-2017-8398
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d949ff5607b9f595e0eed2ff15fbe5eb84eb3a34
    
    CVE-2017-7614
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ad32986fdf9da1c8748e47b8b45100398223dba8
    
    [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618514
    [2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618516
    [3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618820
    [4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618826
    [5] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618006
    
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.6, Repoman-2.3.2

[Comment 2 Andreas K. Hüttel 2017-09-15 18:53:09 UTC]

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

[Comment 3 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot 2017-09-17 15:31:16 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).