Bug 36983 – binutils: Multiple issues (4.0)

Bug 36983 - binutils: Multiple issues (4.0)


Summary:	binutils: Multiple issues (4.0)

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Security updates
Version:	UCS 4.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 4.0-1-errata
Assigned To:	Janek Walkenhorst
QA Contact:	Philipp Hahn

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Depends on:	36982
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Reported:	2014-11-25 07:07 CET by Moritz Muehlenhoff
Modified:	2015-03-25 16:38 CET (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Moritz Muehlenhoff

2014-11-25 07:07:18 CET

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #36982 +++

Multiple security issues have been found in binutils and the included bfd library,
which is e.g. used by strings(1), nm, objdump or gdb:

Invalid read in libbfd (CVE-2014-8484)  
Buffer overflow in libbfd (CVE-2014-8485)
Out of bounds write when parsing PE executables (CVE-2014-8501) 
Heap overflow in objdump (CVE-2014-8502)
Buffer overflow in objdump when parsing ihex files (CVE-2014-8503)
Buffer overflow in parsing S-Records (CVE-2014-8504)
Directory traversal in ar and objcopy (CVE-2014-8737)
Out of bounds write in ar (CVE-2014-8738)

Comment 1 Janek Walkenhorst

2015-03-17 18:56:21 CET

Tests (amd64): OK
Advisory: 2015-03-17-binutils.yaml

Comment 2 Philipp Hahn

2015-03-20 15:56:22 CET

OK: apt-cache policy binutils # 2.22-8.30.201503161736
OK: aptitude install '?source-package(binutils)?installed' # i386 amd64
OK: zless /usr/share/doc/binutils/changelog.Debian.gz
OK: CVE-2014-8484 CVE-2014-8485 CVE-2014-8501 CVE-2014-8502 CVE-2014-8503 CVE-2014-8504 CVE-2014-8737 CVE-2014-8738

OK: errata-announce -V 2015-03-17-binutils.yaml
FIXED: 2015-03-17-binutils.yaml -> r59299

Comment 3 Janek Walkenhorst

2015-03-25 16:38:03 CET

<http://errata.univention.de/ucs/4.0/128.html>