binutils 2.29.51.20170921 – ‘read_1_byte’ Heap Buffer Overflow
Source: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/ Description: binutils is a set of tools necessary to build programs. The complete ASan output of the issue: # nm -A -a -l -S -s --special-syms --synthetic --with-symbol-versions -D $FILE ==3235==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x613000000512 at pc 0x7f7c93ae3c88 bp 0x7ffe38d7a970 sp 0x7ffe38d7a968 READ of size 1 at 0x613000000512 thread T0 #0 0x7f7c93ae3c87 in read_1_byte /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:616:10 #1 0x7f7c93ae3c87 in decode_line_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:2311 #2 0x7f7c93aee92b in comp_unit_maybe_decode_line_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:3608:26 #3 0x7f7c93aee92b in comp_unit_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:3643 #4 0x7f7c93aeb94f in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4755:11 #5 0x7f7c93a2920b in _bfd_elf_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/elf.c:8694:10 #6 0x517c83 in print_symbol /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1003:9 #7 0x51542d in print_symbols /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1084:7 #8 0x51542d in display_rel_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1200 #9 0x510f56 in display_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1318:7 #10 0x50faae in main /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1792:12 #11 0x7f7c9296e680 in __libc_start_main /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.23-r4/work/glibc-2.23/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:289 #12 0x41ac18 in _init (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/nm+0x41ac18) 0x613000000512 is located 0 bytes to the right of 338-byte region [0x6130000003c0,0x613000000512) allocated by thread T0 here: #0 0x4d8e08 in malloc /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/compiler-rt-sanitizers-5.0.0/work/compiler-rt-5.0.0.src/lib/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cc:67 #1 0x7f7c9393a37c in bfd_malloc /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/libbfd.c:193:9 #2 0x7f7c9392fb2f in bfd_get_full_section_contents /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/compress.c:248:21 #3 0x7f7c939696d3 in bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/simple.c:193:12 #4 0x7f7c93ade26e in read_section /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:556:8 #5 0x7f7c93adef3c in decode_line_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:2047:9 #6 0x7f7c93aee92b in comp_unit_maybe_decode_line_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:3608:26 #7 0x7f7c93aee92b in comp_unit_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:3643 #8 0x7f7c93aeb94f in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4755:11 #9 0x7f7c93a2920b in _bfd_elf_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/elf.c:8694:10 #10 0x517c83 in print_symbol /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1003:9 #11 0x51542d in print_symbols /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1084:7 #12 0x51542d in display_rel_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1200 #13 0x510f56 in display_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1318:7 #14 0x50faae in main /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1792:12 #15 0x7f7c9296e680 in __libc_start_main /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.23-r4/work/glibc-2.23/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:289 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:616:10 in read_1_byte Shadow bytes around the buggy address: 0x0c267fff8050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x0c267fff8060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff8070: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x0c267fff8080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x0c267fff8090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =>0x0c267fff80a0: 00 00[02]fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff80b0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff80c0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff80d0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff80e0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 0x0c267fff80f0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes): Addressable: 00 Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Heap left redzone: fa Freed heap region: fd Stack left redzone: f1 Stack mid redzone: f2 Stack right redzone: f3 Stack after return: f5 Stack use after scope: f8 Global redzone: f9 Global init order: f6 Poisoned by user: f7 Container overflow: fc Array cookie: ac Intra object redzone: bb ASan internal: fe Left alloca redzone: ca Right alloca redzone: cb ==3235==ABORTING Affected version: 2.29.51.20170921 and maybe past releases Fixed version: N/A Commit fix: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=515f23e63c0074ab531bc954f84ca40c6281a724 Credit: This bug was discovered by Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo. CVE: CVE-2017-14939 Reproducer: https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00370-binutils-heapoverflow-read_1_byte https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/42970.zip Timeline: 2017-09-21: bug discovered and reported to upstream 2017-09-24: upstream released a patch 2017-09-26: blog post about the issue 2017-09-29: CVE assigned Note: This bug was found with American Fuzzy Lop. This bug was identified with bare metal servers donated by Packet. This work is also supported by the Core Infrastructure Initiative. Permalink: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/26/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_1_byte-dwarf2-c/ Proof of Concept: https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/42970.zip |