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Gentoo: GLSA-201811-17 Normal: Binutils Remote Access Threats

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Gentoo's Binutils could lead to Denial of Service issues. Prompt update encouraged.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote access Denial of Service normal severity Binutils

Resolution

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.30-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14933 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14933 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-16826 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16826 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-16827 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16827 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-16828 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16828 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-16829 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16829 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-16830 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16830 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-16831 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16831 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-16832 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16832 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-17080 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17080 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-17121 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17121 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-17122 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17122 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-17123 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17123 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-17124 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17...

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Availability

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

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote access Denial of Service normal severity Binutils

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-devel/binutils < 2.30-r2 >= 2.30-r2

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.

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