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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201801-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: January 07, 2018 |
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Bugs: #624700, #627516, #628538, #629344, #629922, #631324, |
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#632100, #632132, #632384, #632668, #633988, #635218, |
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#635692, #635860, #635968 |
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ID: 201801-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of |
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which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service |
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condition. |
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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. |
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Affected packages |
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================= |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-devel/binutils < 2.29.1-r1 >= 2.29.1-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please |
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review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially |
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crafted ELF, tekhex, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial |
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of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There are no known workarounds at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All 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-2.29.1-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-12456 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12456 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2017-12799 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12799 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2017-12967 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12967 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2017-14128 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14128 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2017-14129 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14129 |
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[ 6 ] CVE-2017-14130 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14130 |
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[ 7 ] CVE-2017-14333 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14333 |
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[ 8 ] CVE-2017-15023 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-15023 |
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[ 9 ] CVE-2017-15938 |