Code Injection in GNU Binutils

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU32468

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8485

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Binutils: 1.2.3-1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:1.2.3-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/62241
https://secunia.com/advisories/62746
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.