GLSA 201811-17: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/27/2018
Bugs:	#634196, #637642, #639692, #639768, #647798, #649690
ID:	201811-17

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	< 2.30-r2	>= 2.30-r2	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, object, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

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-2.30-r2"
    

References

• CVE-2017-14933
• CVE-2017-16826
• CVE-2017-16827
• CVE-2017-16828
• CVE-2017-16829
• CVE-2017-16830
• CVE-2017-16831
• CVE-2017-16832
• CVE-2017-17080
• CVE-2017-17121
• CVE-2017-17122
• CVE-2017-17123
• CVE-2017-17124
• CVE-2017-17125
• CVE-2017-17126
• CVE-2018-6543
• CVE-2018-6759
• CVE-2018-6872
• CVE-2018-7208
• CVE-2018-7568
• CVE-2018-7569
• CVE-2018-7570
• CVE-2018-7642
• CVE-2018-7643
• CVE-2018-8945

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-17.xml

Concerns?

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License

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