PT-2014-8566 · Gnu+5 · Gnu Binutils+5

Published 2014-01-15 · Updated 2017-07-01 · CVE-2014-8503

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 A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the ihex scan function, located in bfd/ihex.c, which can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted ihex file. This issue may cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, and potentially have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For GNU binutils versions 2.24 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.24 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1061

ALT-PU-2016-1015

CESA-2015_2079

CVE-2014-8503

DLA-184-1

DSA-3123-1

DSA-3123-2

ECHO-E127-2441-F725

MGASA-2015-0027

RHSA-2015:2079

RHSA-2015_2079

USN-2496-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Gnu Binutils

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 42

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17512 · Exploit
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8504 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2496-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8503 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2079.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3123-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html · Vendor Advisory