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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-01 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Binutils, elfutils: Buffer overflow |
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Date: June 01, 2005 |
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Bugs: #91398, #91817 |
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ID: 200506-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Various utilities from the GNU Binutils and elfutils packages are |
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vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow, potentially resulting in |
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the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and |
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analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File |
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Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation. Elfutils provides a |
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library and utilities to access, modify and analyse ELF objects. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-libs/elfutils < 0.108 >= 0.108 |
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2 sys-devel/binutils < 2.16-r1 *>= 2.14.90.0.8-r3 |
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*>= 2.15.90.0.1.1-r5 |
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*>= 2.15.90.0.3-r5 |
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*>= 2.15.91.0.2-r2 |
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*>= 2.15.92.0.2-r10 |
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>= 2.16-r1 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Tavis Ormandy and Ned Ludd of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team |
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discovered an integer overflow in the BFD library and elfutils, |
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resulting in a heap based buffer overflow. |
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Impact |
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Successful exploitation would require a user to access a specially |
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crafted binary file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All GNU Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose sys-devel/binutils |
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All elfutils users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/elfutils-0.108" |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |
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