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Re: CVE Request: multiple bugs found in BFD libraries and Binutils' utilities
From: Thuan Pham <thuanpv () comp nus edu sg>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:56:55 +0800
Dear Agostino, Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I will choose the suitable bugs based on your advice and submit to MITRE directly. Many thanks, Thuan On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 4:15 AM, Agostino Sarubbo <ago () gentoo org> wrote:
On Friday 17 March 2017 00:58:05 Thuan Pham wrote:Could you please check whether these bugs are suitable for CVEs?Thuan, thanks for sharing. Since few time the cve requests happens on https://cveform.mitre.org instead of here. From some time of fuzz experience, from multiple cve requests and multiple feedback from mitre I'd say: - In any way you are able to crash a library, it needs a cve because it is supposed to receive multiple inputs. - Undefined behavior in a library also needs a cve. - while the bug is in a command line tool: 1) if it is a simple crash like fpe / segv, it is considered just an inconvenience. 2) if it is an overflow with read of size 1 is also considered an inconveniece unless you can demostrate any evidence of damage. The mentioned cases are not just an inconvenience unless there are common cases where you know that for example a webapp relies on this command line tool. 3) if it is an overflow with write access it should have a cve. @everyone, if you think it is wrong or I missed something feel free to correct me. -- Agostino Sarubbo Gentoo Linux Developer
Current thread:
- CVE Request: multiple bugs found in BFD libraries and Binutils' utilities Thuan Pham (Mar 16)
- Re: CVE Request: multiple bugs found in BFD libraries and Binutils' utilities Agostino Sarubbo (Mar 16)
- Re: CVE Request: multiple bugs found in BFD libraries and Binutils' utilities Thuan Pham (Mar 17)
- Re: CVE Request: multiple bugs found in BFD libraries and Binutils' utilities Agostino Sarubbo (Mar 16)