GLSA 201801-01: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/07/2018
Bugs:	#624700, #627516, #628538, #629344, #629922, #631324, #632100, #632132, #632384, #632668, #633988, #635218, #635692, #635860, #635968
ID:	201801-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-devel/binutils	< 2.29.1-r1	>= 2.29.1-r1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially crafted ELF, tekhex, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.29.1-r1"
    

References

• CVE-2017-12456
• CVE-2017-12799
• CVE-2017-12967
• CVE-2017-14128
• CVE-2017-14129
• CVE-2017-14130
• CVE-2017-14333
• CVE-2017-15023
• CVE-2017-15938
• CVE-2017-15939
• CVE-2017-15996
• CVE-2017-7209
• CVE-2017-7210
• CVE-2017-7223
• CVE-2017-7224
• CVE-2017-7225
• CVE-2017-7227
• CVE-2017-9743
• CVE-2017-9746
• CVE-2017-9749
• CVE-2017-9750
• CVE-2017-9751
• CVE-2017-9755
• CVE-2017-9756

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201801-01.xml

Concerns?

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License

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