908087 – (CVE-2023-1972) <sys-devel/binutils-2.41 : heap buffer overread

Bug 908087 (CVE-2023-1972) - <sys-devel/binutils-2.41 : heap buffer overread

Summary: <sys-devel/binutils-2.41 : heap buffer overread

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	CVE-2023-1972

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

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B3 [stable wait]
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Reported:	2023-06-09 04:38 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified:	2023-08-25 16:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description John Helmert III archtester

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