SB2014120845 - Heap-based buffer overflow in binutils (Alpine package)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8502)

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the pe_print_edata function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier. A remote attacker can use a truncated export table in a PE file. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8d6982ebe3ec8098818bdfb8bd8f52895cca0fc0
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5dc266240b040a93e7dd9fbd26e94f5f92b6c292
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6e866d5d899e7e93df6525c24b5560383ff34453