SB2015011501 - Buffer overflow in GNU Binutils
Published: January 15, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015011501
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8738)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f