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Description
dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.
References 5 Total
- security.gentoo.org: GLSA-201801-01 vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22205
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=a54018b72d75abf2e74bf36016702da06399c1d9
- securityfocus.com: 101613 vdb-entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2017-15023/
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References 5 Total
- security.gentoo.org: GLSA-201801-01 vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22205 x_transferred
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=a54018b72d75abf2e74bf36016702da06399c1d9 x_transferred
- securityfocus.com: 101613 vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/24/binutils-null-pointer-dereference-in-concat_filename-dwarf2-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2017-15023/ x_transferred