The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in the find_link function) for null headers before attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

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.

According to the versions of the binutils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including     ar (for creating, modifying and extracting from     archives), as (a family of GNU assemblers), gprof (for     displaying call graph profile data), ld (the GNU     linker), nm (for listing symbols from object files),     objcopy (for copying and translating object files),     objdump (for displaying information from object files),     ranlib (for generating an index for the contents of an     archive), readelf (for displaying detailed information     about binary files), size (for listing the section     sizes of an object or archive file), strings (for     listing printable strings from files), strip (for     discarding symbols), and addr2line (for converting     addresses to file and line). Security Fix(es):GNU     Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash), related to the     process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a     crafted ELF file that triggers a large     memory-allocation attempt.(CVE-2017-9040)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     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 a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h     that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4)     because of missing checks for relocs that could not be     recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils     utilities like strip to crash.(CVE-2017-7302)The Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an     invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in     the find_link function) for null headers before     attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes     Binutils utilities like strip to     crash.(CVE-2017-7303)The Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8)     because of missing a check (in the     copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid     sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This     vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to     crash.(CVE-2017-7304)The Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error     because of an assumption made by code that runs for     objcopy and strip, that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are     always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy and strip, to crash.(CVE-2017-8393)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 2.28, is vulnerable to an     invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc     offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets     less than the size of the reloc field. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objdump, to crash.(CVE-2017-8396)The Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read     of size 1 and an invalid write of size 1 during     processing of a corrupt binary containing reloc(s) with     negative addresses. This vulnerability causes programs     that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the     libbfd library, such as objdump, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8397)dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is     vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping     of debug information from a corrupt binary. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8398)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)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 elf_read_notesfunction in     bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 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.(CVE-2017-12799)elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU     Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file     that triggers a ''buffer overflow on fuzzed archive     header,'' related to an uninitialized variable, an     improper conditional jump, and the     get_archive_member_name,     process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive     functions.(CVE-2017-15996)readelf.c in GNU Binutils     2017-04-12 has a ''cannot be represented in type long''     issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-9042)The score_opcodes function in     opcodes/score7-dis.c 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-2017-9742)The sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags     function in bfd/elf32-sh.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-2017-9744)The disassemble_bytes function     in objdump.c 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 rae insns printing for this file     during ''objdump -D'' execution.(CVE-2017-9746)The     ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9747)The ieee_object_p function in     bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28,     might allow 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. NOTE: this may be     related to a compiler bug.(CVE-2017-9748)The *regs*     macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allow     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-2017-9749)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)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)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 in the _bfd_vms_get_value     and _bfd_vms_slurp_etir functions during ''objdump -D''     execution.(CVE-2017-9752)The versados_mkobject function     in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure,     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-2017-9753)The     process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a     certain offset, 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-2017-9754)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)The aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist     function in opcodes/aarch64-dis.c 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-2017-9756)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)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)An issue was discovered in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based     buffer overflow in _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap in     archive64.c.(CVE-2019-9075)A NULL pointer dereference     (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was     discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in     GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30.
    This can occur during execution of     objdump.(CVE-2018-12697)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)GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16     (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper     Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison,     Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service.
    The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497,     elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF     file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be     opened.(CVE-2019-1010204)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)A Stack Exhaustion issue was     discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c in GNU     Binutils 2.30 because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite     recursion.(CVE-2018-12700)finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU     Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an     out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during     execution of objdump.(CVE-2018-12699)demangle_template     in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive     memory consumption (aka OOM) during the 'Create an     array for saving the template argument values' XNEWVEC     call. This can occur during execution of     objdump.(CVE-2018-12698)An issue was discovered in     arm_pt in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the     C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and     there are recursive stack frames:
    demangle_arm_hp_template, demangle_class_name,     demangle_fund_type, do_type, do_arg, demangle_args, and     demangle_nested_args. This can occur during execution     of nm-new.(CVE-2018-12641)An issue was discovered in     GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow     in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed     MIPS option section.(CVE-2019-9077)

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.

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

  - The _bfd_elf_parse_attributes function in elf-attrs.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     (_bfd_elf_attr_strdup heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14130)

  - The aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist function in     opcodes/aarch64-dis.c 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-2017-9756)

  - The process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a     certain offset, 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-2017-9754)

  - The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a     certain data structure, 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-2017-9753)

  - 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 in the _bfd_vms_get_value and _bfd_vms_slurp_etir     functions during 'objdump -D' execution.(CVE-2017-9752)

  - The *regs* macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c in GNU Binutils     2.28 allow 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-2017-9749)

  - The ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9748)

  - The ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9747)

  - The disassemble_bytes function in objdump.c 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 rae     insns printing for this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9746)

  - The sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags function in     bfd/elf32-sh.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-2017-9744)

  - The score_opcodes function in opcodes/score7-dis.c 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-2017-9742)

  - readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a 'cannot be     represented in type long' issue, which might allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-9042)

  - GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash), related to the     process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a     crafted ELF file that triggers a large     memory-allocation attempt.(CVE-2017-9040)

  - The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils     2.29 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.(CVE-2017-12799)

  - dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an     invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug     information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability     causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary     programs, such as objdump and readelf, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8398)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 1 and an invalid write of size     1 during processing of a corrupt binary containing     reloc(s) with negative addresses. This vulnerability     causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary     programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8397)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc     offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets     less than the size of the reloc field. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objdump, to crash.(CVE-2017-8396)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check     (in the find_link function) for null headers before     attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes     Binutils utilities like strip to crash.(CVE-2017-7303)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a     swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is     vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of     missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised.
    This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip     to crash.(CVE-2017-7302)

  - A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address     0x000000000000) was discovered in     work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU     libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This     can occur during execution of objdump.(CVE-2018-12697)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in
    _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap in     archive64.c.(CVE-2019-9075)

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.

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

  - 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)

  - 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 aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist function in     opcodes/aarch64-dis.c 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-2017-9756)

  - 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)

  - The process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a     certain offset, 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-2017-9754)

  - The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a     certain data structure, 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-2017-9753)

  - 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 in the _bfd_vms_get_value and _bfd_vms_slurp_etir     functions during 'objdump -D' execution.(CVE-2017-9752)

  - 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)

  - The *regs* macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c in GNU Binutils     2.28 allow 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-2017-9749)

  - The ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9748)

  - The ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9747)

  - The disassemble_bytes function in objdump.c 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 rae     insns printing for this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9746)

  - The sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags function in     bfd/elf32-sh.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-2017-9744)

  - The score_opcodes function in opcodes/score7-dis.c 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-2017-9742)

  - readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2017-04-12 has a 'cannot be     represented in type long' issue, which might allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-9042)

  - elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive     memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a 'buffer     overflow on fuzzed archive header,' related to an     uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump,     and the get_archive_member_name,     process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive     functions.(CVE-2017-15996)

  - The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils     2.29 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.(CVE-2017-12799)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an     invalid read of size 1 during dumping of debug     information from a corrupt binary. This vulnerability     causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary     programs, such as objdump and readelf, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8398)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 1 and an invalid write of size     1 during processing of a corrupt binary containing     reloc(s) with negative addresses. This vulnerability     causes programs that conduct an analysis of binary     programs using the libbfd library, such as objdump, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8397)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc     offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets     less than the size of the reloc field. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objdump, to crash.(CVE-2017-8396)

  - 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 2.28, is vulnerable to a     global buffer over-read error because of an assumption     made by code that runs for objcopy and strip, that     SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are always named starting     with a .rel/.rela prefix. This vulnerability causes     programs that conduct an analysis of binary programs     using the libbfd library, such as objcopy and strip, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8393)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read (of size 8) because of missing a check     (in the copy_special_section_fields function) for an     invalid sh_link field before attempting to follow it.
    This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip     to crash.(CVE-2017-7304)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check     (in the find_link function) for null headers before     attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes     Binutils utilities like strip to crash.(CVE-2017-7303)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a     swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is     vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of     missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised.
    This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip     to crash.(CVE-2017-7302)

  - 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)

  - GNU Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash), related to the     process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a     crafted ELF file that triggers a large     memory-allocation attempt.(CVE-2017-9040)

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.

This update for binutils to 2.31 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2017-15996: readelf allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggered a buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header (bsc#1065643).

CVE-2017-15939: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) mishandled NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename (bsc#1065689).

CVE-2017-15938: the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) miscalculated DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash) (bsc#1065693).

CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068640).

CVE-2017-16832: The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068643).

CVE-2017-16831: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the symbol count, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068887).

CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function did not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068888).

CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not prevent negative pointers, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068950).

CVE-2017-16828: The display_debug_frames function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069176).

CVE-2017-16827: The aout_get_external_symbols function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069202).

CVE-2018-6323: The elf_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1077745).

CVE-2018-6543: Prevent integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() which resulted in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1079103).

CVE-2018-6759: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could have leveraged this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1079741).

CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment (bsc#1080556).

CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) an index was not validated, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object (bsc#1081527).

CVE-2018-7570: The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1083528).

CVE-2018-7569: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1083532).

CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section (bsc#1086608).

CVE-2018-7643: The display_debug_ranges function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump (bsc#1086784).

CVE-2018-7642: The swap_std_reloc_in function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1086786).

CVE-2018-7568: The parse_die function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1086788).

CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new (bsc#1090997).

CVE-2018-10372: process_cu_tu_index allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf (bsc#1091015).

CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a 'SECTION' type that has a '0' value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1091365).

CVE-2018-10534: The _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) processesed a negative Data Directory size with an unbounded loop that increased the value of (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the address exceeded its own memory region, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write, as demonstrated by objcopy copying private info with
_bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in pex64igen.c (bsc#1091368).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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.

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
195456	RHEL 6 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	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
135628	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1466)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
128943	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-1940)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
128888	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-1836)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
128091	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-1799)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
118303	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
118220	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2018-1198)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
118199	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
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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CVE-2017-7303

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