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Summary
Title Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201612-24 First vendor Publication 2016-12-08
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-12-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or overwrite arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.25"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8484
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8484
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8485
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8485
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8501
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8501
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-8502
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8502
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-8503
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8503
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-8504
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8504
[ 7 ] CVE-2014-8737
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8737
[ 8 ] CVE-2014-8738
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8738

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-24.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
75 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
12 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
12 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 4
Os 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-07-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3367-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20151119_binutils_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-15 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-24 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-184.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-25 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_f6a014cdd26811e48339001e679db764.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2496-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-29 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_binutils-201501-150122.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-0750.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-0471.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17603.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14995.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14888.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14838.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14833.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-12-09 13:25:25
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-08 17:23:31
  • First insertion