PT-2014-8564 · Gnu+6 · Gnu Binutils+6

Published 2014-01-15 · Updated 2018-01-03 · CVE-2014-8501

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU binutils versions 2.24 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable. This is due to the bfd XXi swap aouthdr in function in bfd/peXXigen.c.

Recommendations For GNU binutils versions 2.24 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the bfd XXi swap aouthdr in function in bfd/peXXigen.c to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes fields in the AOUT header in PE executables until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1061

ALT-PU-2016-1015

CESA-2015_2079

CVE-2014-8501

DLA-184-1

DSA-3123-1

DSA-3123-2

ECHO-418F-AAAE-0CBD

MGASA-2015-0027

MGASA-2018-0034

RHSA-2015:2079

RHSA-2015_2079

USN-2496-1

USN-3367-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Debian

Gnu Binutils

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 58

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3123-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8485 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3123-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8737 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3509 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 · Vendor Advisory