The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.

An update of the crash package has been released.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - binutils: NULL pointer dereference in bfd_elf_final_link function (CVE-2017-7614)

  - The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record. (CVE-2014-8484)

  - The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers     in an ELF file. (CVE-2014-8485)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - binutils: NULL pointer dereference in bfd_elf_final_link function (CVE-2017-7614)

  - The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record. (CVE-2014-8484)

  - The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers     in an ELF file. (CVE-2014-8485)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - binutils: NULL pointer dereference in bfd_elf_final_link function (CVE-2017-7614)

  - The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of     bounds heap read via a crafted vms file. (CVE-2017-12449)

  - The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote     attackers to cause an out of bounds stack read via a crafted COFF image file. (CVE-2017-12451)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4336-2 advisory.

    USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update     for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out function in aoutx.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils before 2.31, allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and application crash) via a     crafted file, as demonstrated by     objcopy.(CVE-2018-14038)

  - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak)     via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-15225)

  - _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive     memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file.(CVE-2017-14938)

  - A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in     the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because
    _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when     size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18605)

  - An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU     libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and     2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling     functions provided by libiberty, and there are     recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args,     demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.(CVE-2018-9138)

  - An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in     elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in     elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS     symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18607)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is an out-of-bounds read leading to a     SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c, when called from     pex64_get_runtime_function in     pei-x86_64.c.(CVE-2019-9074)

  - An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function     in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in
    _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge     sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service,     as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18606)

  - bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.(CVE-2017-15021)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15025)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14932)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     read_1_byte.(CVE-2017-14939)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does     not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or     out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a     crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and     parse_comp_unit.(CVE-2017-15022)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of     a relocatable object file, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application     crash).(CVE-2017-15938)

  - elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted object file, related to     elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,     elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and     elfcore_grok_nto_status.(CVE-2017-17080)

  - elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has     a 'member access within null pointer' undefined     behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via an 'int     main() {return 0}' program.(CVE-2017-7614)

  - find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15024)

  - GNU assembler in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     global buffer overflow (of size 1) while attempting to     unget an EOF character from the input stream,     potentially leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7223)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9041)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the     get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM     unwind information that contains invalid word     offsets.(CVE-2017-9038)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted     ELF file with many program headers, related to the     get_program_headers function in     readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9039)

  - GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus     input script, leading to a program crash. This relates     to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in     ldlex.l.(CVE-2017-7227)

  - ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack     buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex     objects.(CVE-2014-9939)

  - Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14930)

  - objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to multiple     heap-based buffer over-reads (of size 1 and size 8)     while handling corrupt STABS enum type strings in a     crafted object file, leading to program     crash.(CVE-2017-7210)

  - opcodes/i386-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not     consider the number of registers for bnd mode, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary     file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file     during 'objdump -D' execution.(CVE-2017-9755)

  - opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an     unbounded GETBYTE macro, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by     mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9751)

  - opcodes/rx-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 lacks bounds     checks for certain scale arrays, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9750)

  - process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file that contains a negative size value in a CU     structure.(CVE-2017-14934)

  - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt     RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program     crashes. It may lead to an information leak as     well.(CVE-2017-6969)

  - scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14940)

  - The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not properly validate the size of the external string     table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based     buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF     binary.(CVE-2017-17124)

  - The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak     via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service     (memory consumption), as demonstrated by     nm.(CVE-2018-20002)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows     remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read     via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12453)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows     remote attackers to cause an arbitrary memory read via     a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12454)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9745)

  - The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked     strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-6759)

  - The bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc function in     bfd/mach-o-i386.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an     out of bounds heap read via a crafted mach-o     file.(CVE-2017-12452)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an     aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has     an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not     carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability     could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7301)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an     aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that is     vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read     (off-by-one) because of an incomplete check for invalid     string offsets while loading symbols, leading to a GNU     linker (ld) program crash.(CVE-2017-7300)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid     read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs     (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not     check the format of the input file before trying to     read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability     leads to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7299)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer     dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8394)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid write of size 8 because of missing a     malloc() return-value check to see if memory had     actually been allocated in the
    _bfd_generic_get_section_contents function. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8395)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access     violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a     location after the end of the to-be-relocated     section.(CVE-2017-17121)

  - The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF     based file.(CVE-2017-17123)

  - The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14128)

  - The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer     overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or     heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-17122)

  - The elf_object_p function in elfcode.h in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, has an unsigned     integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication     is not used. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-6323)

  - The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU     Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main     file name and the directory name are both empty,     triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid     write, and leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7225)

  - The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU     Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of     size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that     contains an empty function name, leading to a program     crash.(CVE-2017-7224)

  - The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak     vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in     objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in     dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve     this.(CVE-2017-8421)

  - The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a malformed tekhex     binary.(CVE-2017-12967)

  - The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as     demonstrated by mishandling within the nm     program.(CVE-2017-9954)

  - The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the     strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program     crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size,     and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as     well.(CVE-2017-7226)

  - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName     vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to     the bfd_getl16 function.(CVE-2017-14529)

  - The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14129)

  - The read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in     rddbg.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier allows remote     attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a     crafted binary file.(CVE-2017-12456)

  - The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a group section that is too     small.(CVE-2017-13710)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds stack read via a crafted COFF image file.(CVE-2017-12451)

The evax_bfd_print_emh function in vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12455)

The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.(CVE-2017-13710)

The nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted nlm file.(CVE-2017-12458)

The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an arbitrary memory read via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12454)

The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12453)

The alpha_vms_object_p function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12450)

The read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in rddbg.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted binary file.(CVE-2017-12456)

The bfd_mach_o_read_symtab_strtab function in bfd/mach-o.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted mach-o file.(CVE-2017-12459)

The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted vms file.(CVE-2017-12449)

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a NULL dereference via a crafted file.(CVE-2017-12457)

The bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc function in bfd/mach-o-i386.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted mach-o file.(CVE-2017-12452)

The bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a heap use after free and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted nested archive file. This issue occurs because incorrect functions are called during an attempt to release memory. The issue can be addressed by better input validation in the bfd_generic_archive_p function in bfd/archive.c.(CVE-2017-12448)

The Docker images provided with SUSE CaaS Platform 2.0 have been updated to include the following updates: binutils :

  - Update to version 2.29

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282]

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846) coreutils :

  - Fix df(1) to no longer interact with excluded file     system types, so for example specifying -x nfs no longer     hangs with problematic nfs mounts. (bsc#1026567)

  - Ensure df -l no longer interacts with dummy file system     types, so for example no longer hangs with problematic     NFS mounted via system.automount(5). (bsc#1043059)

  - Significantly speed up df(1) for huge mount lists.
    (bsc#965780) file :

  - update to version 5.22.

  - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a long     string. (bsc#913650)

  - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a large     number of notes. (bsc#913651)

  - CVE-2014-9653: readelf.c in file did not consider that     pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the     available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file. (bsc#917152)

  - CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1)     program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid     capabilities. (bsc#910253)

  - CVE-2014-8117: softmagic.c in file did not properly     limit recursion, which allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via     unspecified vectors. (bsc#910253)

  - Fixed a memory corruption during rpmbuild (bsc#1063269)

  - Backport of a fix for an increased printable string     length as found in file 5.30 (bsc#996511)

  - file command throws 'Composite Document File V2     Document, corrupt: Can't read SSAT' error against excel     97/2003 file format. (bsc#1009966) gcc7 :

  - Support for specific IBM Power9 processor instructions.

  - Support for specific IBM zSeries z14 processor     instructions.

  - New packages cross-npvtx-gcc7 and nvptx-tools added to     the Toolchain Module for specific NVIDIA Card offload     support. gzip :

  - fix mishandling of leading zeros in the end-of-block     code (bsc#1067891) libsolv :

  - Many fixes and improvements for cleandeps.

  - Always create dup rules for 'distupgrade' jobs.

  - Use recommends also for ordering packages.

  - Fix splitprovides handling with addalreadyrecommended     turned off. (bsc#1059065)

  - Expose solver_get_recommendations() in bindings.

  - Fix bug in solver_prune_to_highest_prio_per_name     resulting in bad output from     solver_get_recommendations().

  - Support 'without' and 'unless' dependencies.

  - Use same heuristic as upstream to determine source RPMs.

  - Fix memory leak in bindings.

  - Add pool_best_solvables() function.

  - Fix 64bit integer parsing from RPM headers.

  - Enable bzip2 and xz/lzma compression support.

  - Enable complex/rich dependencies on distributions with     RPM 4.13+. libtool :

  - Add missing dependencies and provides to baselibs.conf     to make sure libltdl libraries are properly installed.
    (bsc#1056381) libzypp :

  - Fix media handling in presence of a repo path prefix.
    (bsc#1062561)

  - Fix RepoProvideFile ignoring a repo path prefix.
    (bsc#1062561)

  - Remove unused legacy notify-message script.
    (bsc#1058783)

  - Support multiple product licenses in repomd.
    (fate#322276)

  - Propagate 'rpm --import' errors. (bsc#1057188)

  - Fix typos in zypp.conf. openssl :

  - CVE-2017-3735: openssl1,openssl: Malformed X.509     IPAdressFamily could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058)

  - CVE-2017-3736: openssl: bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on     x86_64 (bsc#1066242)

  - Out of bounds read+crash in DES_fcrypt (bsc#1065363)

  - openssl DEFAULT_SUSE cipher list is missing ECDHE-ECDSA     ciphers (bsc#1055825) perl: Security issues for perl :

  - CVE-2017-12837: Heap-based buffer overflow in the     S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before     5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     write) via a regular expression with a escape and the     case-insensitive modifier. (bnc#1057724)

  - CVE-2017-12883: Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N     function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and     5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to     disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted regular     expression with an invalid escape. (bnc#1057721)

  - CVE-2017-6512: Race condition in the rmtree and     remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before     2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on     arbitrary files via vectors involving     directory-permission loosening logic. (bnc#1047178) Bug     fixes for perl :

  - backport set_capture_string changes from upstream     (bsc#999735)

  - reformat baselibs.conf as source validator workaround     systemd :

  - unit: When JobTimeoutSec= is turned off, implicitly turn     off JobRunningTimeoutSec= too. (bsc#1048605,     bsc#1004995)

  - compat-rules: Generate compat by-id symlinks with 'nvme'     prefix missing and warn users that have broken symlinks.
    (bsc#1063249)

  - compat-rules: Allow to specify the generation number     through the kernel command line.

  - scsi_id: Fixup prefix for pre-SPC inquiry reply.
    (bsc#1039099)

  - tmpfiles: Remove old ICE and X11 sockets at boot.

  - tmpfiles: Silently ignore any path that passes through     autofs. (bsc#1045472)

  - pam_logind: Skip leading /dev/ from PAM_TTY field before     passing it on.

  - shared/machine-pool: Fix another mkfs.btrfs checking.
    (bsc#1053595)

  - shutdown: Fix incorrect fscanf() result check.

  - shutdown: Don't remount,ro network filesystems.
    (bsc#1035386)

  - shutdown: Don't be fooled when detaching DM devices with     BTRFS. (bsc#1055641)

  - bash-completion: Add support for --now. (bsc#1053137)

  - Add convert-lib-udev-path.sh script to convert /lib/udev     directory into a symlink pointing to /usr/lib/udev when     upgrading from SLE11. (bsc#1050152)

  - Add a rule to teach hotplug to offline containers     transparently. (bsc#1040800) timezone :

  - Northern Cyprus switches from +03 to +02/+03 on     2017-10-29

  - Fiji ends DST 2018-01-14, not 2018-01-21

  - Namibia switches from +01/+02 to +02 on 2018-04-01

  - Sudan switches from +03 to +02 on 2017-11-01

  - Tonga likely switches from +13/+14 to +13 on 2017-11-05

  - Turks and Caicos switches from -04 to -05/-04 on     2018-11-04

  - Corrections to past DST transitions

  - Move oversized Canada/East-Saskatchewan to 'backward'     file

  - zic(8) and the reference runtime now reject multiple     leap seconds within 28 days of each other, or leap     seconds before the Epoch. util-linux :

  - Allow unmounting of filesystems without calling stat()     on the mount point, when '-c' is used. (bsc#1040968)

  - Fix an infinite loop, a crash and report the correct     minimum and maximum frequencies in lscpu for some     processors. (bsc#1055446)

  - Fix a lscpu failure on Sydney Amazon EC2 region.
    (bsc#1066500)

  - If multiple subvolumes are mounted, report the default     subvolume. (bsc#1039276) velum :

  - Fix logout issue on DEX download page * page doesn't     exist (bsc#1066611)

  - Handle invalid sessions more user friendly

  - Fix undesired minimum nodes alert blink (bsc#1066371)     wicked :

  - A regression in wicked was causing the hostname not to     be set correctly via DHCP in some cases     (bsc#1057007,bsc#1050258)

  - Configure the interface MTU correctly even in cases     where the interface was up already (bsc#1059292)

  - Don't abort the process that adds configures routes if     one route fails (bsc#1036619)

  - Handle DHCP4 user-class ids properly (bsc#1045522)

  - ethtool: handle channels parameters (bsc#1043883) zypper :

  - Locale: Fix possible segmentation fault. (bsc#1064999)

  - Add summary hint if product is better updated by a     different command. This is mainly used by rolling     distributions like openSUSE Tumbleweed to remind their     users to use 'zypper dup' to update (not zypper up or     patch). (bsc#1061384)

  - Unify '(add|modify)(repo|service)' property related     arguments.

  - Fixed 'add' commands supporting to set only a subset of     properties.

  - Introduced '-f/-F' as preferred short option for
    --[no-]refresh in all four commands. (bsc#661410,     bsc#1053671)

  - Fix missing package names in installation report.
    (bsc#1058695)

  - Differ between unsupported and packages with unknown     support status. (bsc#1057634)

  - Return error code '107' if an RPM's %post configuration     script fails, but only if ZYPPER_ON_CODE12_RETURN_107=1     is set in the environment. (bsc#1047233)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

GNU binutil was updated to the 2.29.1 release, bringing various new features, fixing a lot of bugs and security issues.

Following security issues are being addressed by this release :

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209 

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729

Update to binutils 2.29. [fate#321454, fate#321494, fate#323293] :

  - The MIPS port now supports microMIPS eXtended Physical     Addressing (XPA) instructions for assembly and     disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the microMIPS Release 5 ISA     for assembly and disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the Imagination interAptiv     MR2 processor, which implements the MIPS32r3 ISA, the     MIPS16e2 ASE as well as a couple of     implementation-specific regular MIPS and MIPS16e2 ASE     instructions.

  - The SPARC port now supports the SPARC M8 processor,     which implements the Oracle SPARC Architecture 2017.

  - The MIPS port now supports the MIPS16e2 ASE for assembly     and disassembly.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for the wasm32 ELF conversion of the     WebAssembly file format.

  - Add --inlines option to objdump, which extends the
    --line-numbers option so that inlined functions will     display their nesting information.

  - Add --merge-notes options to objcopy to reduce the size     of notes in a binary file by merging and deleting     redundant notes.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND.

  - Add support for the WebAssembly file format and wasm32     ELF conversion.

  - PowerPC gas now checks that the correct register class     is used in instructions. For instance, 'addi     %f4,%cr3,%r31' warns three times that the registers are     invalid.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - Support for the ARMv8-R architecture and Cortex-R52     processor has been added to the ARM port.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Support for -z shstk in the x86 ELF linker to generate     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Support for -z ibtplt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT.

  - Support for -z ibt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT as well as     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for ELF GNU program properties.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - When configuring for arc*-*-linux* targets the default     linker emulation will change if --with-cpu=nps400 is     used at configure time.

  - Improve assignment of LMAs to orphan sections in some     edge cases where a mixture of both AT>LMA_REGION and     AT(LMA) are used.

  - Orphan sections placed after an empty section that has     an AT(LMA) will now take an load memory address starting     from LMA.

  - Section groups can now be resolved (the group deleted     and the group members placed like normal sections) at     partial link time either using the new linker option
    --force-group-allocation or by placing     FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION into the linker script.

  - Add riscv64 target, tested with gcc7 and downstream     newlib 2.4.0

  - Prepare riscv32 target (gh#riscv/riscv-newlib#8)

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282]

    Minor security bugs fixed: PR 21147, PR 21148, PR 21149,     PR 21150, PR 21151, PR 21155, PR 21158, PR 21159

  - Update to binutils 2.28.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC     VLE 16A and 16D relocations which were functionally     swapped, for example, R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16A. This could have been fixed by     renumbering relocations, which would keep object files     created by an older version of gas compatible with a     newer ld. However, that would require an ABI update,     affecting other assemblers and linkers that create and     process the relocations correctly. It is recommended     that all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can     modify the relocations if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to     ld. If the new ld command line option is not used, ld     will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent with     the instructions being relocated.

  - The nm program has a new command line option     (--with-version-strings) which will display a symbol's     version information, if any, after the symbol's name.

  - The ARC port of objdump now accepts a -M option to     specify the extra instruction class(es) that should be     disassembled.

  - The --remove-section option for objcopy and strip now     accepts section patterns starting with an exclamation     point to indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching     section is removed from the set of sections matched by     an earlier --remove-section pattern.

  - The --only-section option for objcopy now accepts     section patterns starting with an exclamation point to     indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching section     is removed from the set of sections matched by an     earlier --only-section pattern.

  - New --remove-relocations=SECTIONPATTERN option for     objcopy and strip. This option can be used to remove     sections containing relocations. The SECTIONPATTERN is     the section to which the relocations apply, not the     relocation section itself.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - Add support for the ARM Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33     processors.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - The EXCLUDE_FILE linker script construct can now be     applied outside of the section list in order for the     exclusions to apply over all input sections in the list.

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - The command line option --no-eh-frame-hdr can now be     used in ELF based linkers to disable the automatic     generation of .eh_frame_hdr sections.

  - Add --in-implib=<infile> to the ARM linker to enable     specifying a set of Secure Gateway veneers that must     exist in the output import library specified by
    --out-implib=<outfile> and the address they must have.
    As such, --in-implib is only supported in combination     with --cmse-implib.

  - Extended the --out-implib=<file> option, previously     restricted to x86 PE targets, to any ELF based target.
    This allows the generation of an import library for an     ELF executable, which can then be used by another     application to link against the executable.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.

  - Add --orphan-handling option.

  - Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).

  - Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm     only).

  - Add -z stack-size option.

  - Add --be8 option (Arm only).

  - Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.

  - Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.

  - Other fixes :

  - Fix section alignment on .gnu_debuglink. [bso#21193]

  - Add s390x to gold_archs.

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846)

  - Call ldconfig for libbfd

  - Fix an assembler problem with clang on ARM.

  - Restore monotonically increasing section offsets.

  - Update to binutils 2.27.

  - Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to     force use of a 64-bit format when creating an archive     symbol index.

  - Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets     to control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type.

  - GAS specific :

  - Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for     Linux/x86 targets.

  - Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding     the end of output sections up to their alignment     boundary.

  - Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to     the ARM port. Support for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP     Extensions has also been added to the ARM port.

  - ARC backend accepts .extInstruction, .extCondCode,     .extAuxRegister, and .extCoreRegister pseudo-ops that     allow an user to define custom instructions, conditional     codes, auxiliary and core registers.

  - Add a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common to decide     whether ELF assembler should generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type by default. Default to no.

  - New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF     targets to control whether to generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type.

  - Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric     values for ELF based targets.

  - Add a configure option --enable-x86-relax-relocations to     decide whether x86 assembler should generate relax     relocations by default. Default to yes, except for x86     Solaris targets older than Solaris 12.

  - New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86     target to control whether to generate relax relocations.

  - New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86     target to encode lfence, mfence and sfence as 'lock addl     $0x0, (%[re]sp)'.

  - Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus.

  - Add --with-cpu=TYPE configure option for ARC gas. This     allows the default cpu type to be adjusted at configure     time.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled by default. Default to yes.

  - Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx     architectures.

  - Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.

  - Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled in ELF linker by default.
    Default to yes for all Linux targets except FRV, HPPA,     IA64 and MIPS.

  - Support for -z noreloc-overflow in the x86-64 ELF linker     to disable relocation overflow check.

  - Add -z common/-z nocommon options for ELF targets to     control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type during a relocatable link.

  - Support for -z nodynamic-undefined-weak in the x86 ELF     linker, which avoids dynamic relocations against     undefined weak symbols in executable.

  - The NOCROSSREFSTO command was added to the linker script     language.

  - Add --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to the AArch64 linker to     do not apply link-time values for dynamic relocations.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

GNU binutil was updated to the 2.29.1 release, bringing various new features, fixing a lot of bugs and security issues. Following security issues are being addressed by this release :

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729 Update to binutils     2.29. [fate#321454, fate#321494, fate#323293] :

  - The MIPS port now supports microMIPS eXtended Physical     Addressing (XPA) instructions for assembly and     disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the microMIPS Release 5 ISA     for assembly and disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the Imagination interAptiv     MR2 processor, which implements the MIPS32r3 ISA, the     MIPS16e2 ASE as well as a couple of     implementation-specific regular MIPS and MIPS16e2 ASE     instructions.

  - The SPARC port now supports the SPARC M8 processor,     which implements the Oracle SPARC Architecture 2017.

  - The MIPS port now supports the MIPS16e2 ASE for assembly     and disassembly.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for the wasm32 ELF conversion of the     WebAssembly file format.

  - Add --inlines option to objdump, which extends the
    --line-numbers option so that inlined functions will     display their nesting information.

  - Add --merge-notes options to objcopy to reduce the size     of notes in a binary file by merging and deleting     redundant notes.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND.

  - Add support for the WebAssembly file format and wasm32     ELF conversion.

  - PowerPC gas now checks that the correct register class     is used in instructions. For instance, 'addi     %f4,%cr3,%r31' warns three times that the registers are     invalid.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - Support for the ARMv8-R architecture and Cortex-R52     processor has been added to the ARM port.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Support for -z shstk in the x86 ELF linker to generate     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Support for -z ibtplt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT.

  - Support for -z ibt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT as well as     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for ELF GNU program properties.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - When configuring for arc*-*-linux* targets the default     linker emulation will change if --with-cpu=nps400 is     used at configure time.

  - Improve assignment of LMAs to orphan sections in some     edge cases where a mixture of both AT>LMA_REGION and     AT(LMA) are used.

  - Orphan sections placed after an empty section that has     an AT(LMA) will now take an load memory address starting     from LMA.

  - Section groups can now be resolved (the group deleted     and the group members placed like normal sections) at     partial link time either using the new linker option
    --force-group-allocation or by placing     FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION into the linker script.

  - Add riscv64 target, tested with gcc7 and downstream     newlib 2.4.0

  - Prepare riscv32 target (gh#riscv/riscv-newlib#8)

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282] Minor     security bugs fixed: PR 21147, PR 21148, PR 21149, PR     21150, PR 21151, PR 21155, PR 21158, PR 21159

  - Update to binutils 2.28.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC     VLE 16A and 16D relocations which were functionally     swapped, for example, R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16A. This could have been fixed by     renumbering relocations, which would keep object files     created by an older version of gas compatible with a     newer ld. However, that would require an ABI update,     affecting other assemblers and linkers that create and     process the relocations correctly. It is recommended     that all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can     modify the relocations if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to     ld. If the new ld command line option is not used, ld     will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent with     the instructions being relocated.

  - The nm program has a new command line option     (--with-version-strings) which will display a symbol's     version information, if any, after the symbol's name.

  - The ARC port of objdump now accepts a -M option to     specify the extra instruction class(es) that should be     disassembled.

  - The --remove-section option for objcopy and strip now     accepts section patterns starting with an exclamation     point to indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching     section is removed from the set of sections matched by     an earlier --remove-section pattern.

  - The --only-section option for objcopy now accepts     section patterns starting with an exclamation point to     indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching section     is removed from the set of sections matched by an     earlier --only-section pattern.

  - New --remove-relocations=SECTIONPATTERN option for     objcopy and strip. This option can be used to remove     sections containing relocations. The SECTIONPATTERN is     the section to which the relocations apply, not the     relocation section itself.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - Add support for the ARM Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33     processors.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - The EXCLUDE_FILE linker script construct can now be     applied outside of the section list in order for the     exclusions to apply over all input sections in the list.

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - The command line option --no-eh-frame-hdr can now be     used in ELF based linkers to disable the automatic     generation of .eh_frame_hdr sections.

  - Add --in-implib=<infile> to the ARM linker to enable     specifying a set of Secure Gateway veneers that must     exist in the output import library specified by
    --out-implib=<outfile> and the address they must have.
    As such, --in-implib is only supported in combination     with --cmse-implib.

  - Extended the --out-implib=<file> option, previously     restricted to x86 PE targets, to any ELF based target.
    This allows the generation of an import library for an     ELF executable, which can then be used by another     application to link against the executable.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.

  - Add --orphan-handling option.

  - Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).

  - Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm     only).

  - Add -z stack-size option.

  - Add --be8 option (Arm only).

  - Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.

  - Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.

  - Other fixes :

  - Fix section alignment on .gnu_debuglink. [bso#21193]

  - Add s390x to gold_archs.

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846)

  - Call ldconfig for libbfd

  - Fix an assembler problem with clang on ARM.

  - Restore monotonically increasing section offsets.

  - Update to binutils 2.27.

  - Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to     force use of a 64-bit format when creating an archive     symbol index.

  - Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets     to control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type.

  - GAS specific :

  - Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for     Linux/x86 targets.

  - Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding     the end of output sections up to their alignment     boundary.

  - Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to     the ARM port. Support for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP     Extensions has also been added to the ARM port.

  - ARC backend accepts .extInstruction, .extCondCode,     .extAuxRegister, and .extCoreRegister pseudo-ops that     allow an user to define custom instructions, conditional     codes, auxiliary and core registers.

  - Add a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common to decide     whether ELF assembler should generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type by default. Default to no.

  - New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF     targets to control whether to generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type.

  - Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric     values for ELF based targets.

  - Add a configure option --enable-x86-relax-relocations to     decide whether x86 assembler should generate relax     relocations by default. Default to yes, except for x86     Solaris targets older than Solaris 12.

  - New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86     target to control whether to generate relax relocations.

  - New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86     target to encode lfence, mfence and sfence as 'lock addl     $0x0, (%[re]sp)'.

  - Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus.

  - Add --with-cpu=TYPE configure option for ARC gas. This     allows the default cpu type to be adjusted at configure     time.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled by default. Default to yes.

  - Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx     architectures.

  - Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.

  - Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled in ELF linker by default.
    Default to yes for all Linux targets except FRV, HPPA,     IA64 and MIPS.

  - Support for -z noreloc-overflow in the x86-64 ELF linker     to disable relocation overflow check.

  - Add -z common/-z nocommon options for ELF targets to     control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type during a relocatable link.

  - Support for -z nodynamic-undefined-weak in the x86 ELF     linker, which avoids dynamic relocations against     undefined weak symbols in executable.

  - The NOCROSSREFSTO command was added to the linker script     language.

  - Add --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to the AArch64 linker to     do not apply link-time values for dynamic     relocations.</file></outfile></infile>

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203822	Photon OS 3.0: Crash PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
203529	Photon OS 4.0: Crash PHSA-2023-4.0-0414	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
200048	RHEL 6 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
199993	RHEL 5 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
199956	RHEL 7 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
195414	RHEL 5 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
195378	RHEL 7 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
132275	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2558)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
131604	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2450)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
123469	Amazon Linux 2 : binutils (ALAS-2019-1185)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
106092	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : CaaS Platform 2.0 images (SUSE-SU-2018:0053-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
105225	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2017-1330)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
104968	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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