An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.

An update of the crash package has been released.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 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: Integer overflow in cplus-dem.c:get_count() allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-18483)

  - The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, does not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab     entry with a SECTION type that has a 0 value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
    (CVE-2018-10535)

  - 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)

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 SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
    (CVE-2019-12972)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in     simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant     heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2019-14250)

  - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to     trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as     demonstrated by readelf. (CVE-2019-14444)

  - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion     and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2019-17450)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c,     as demonstrated by nm. (CVE-2019-17451)

  - 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 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)

  - 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)

  - A double free vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (aka libbrd) in GNU Binutils 2.35     in the process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readelf, via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-16590)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) in GNU Binutils 2.35 due to     an invalid read in process_symbol_table, as demonstrated in readeif. (CVE-2020-16591)

  - A use after free issue exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) in GNU Binutils     2.34 in bfd_hash_lookup, as demonstrated in nm-new, that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2020-16592)

  - A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in scan_unit_for_symbols, as demonstrated in addr2line, that can     cause a denial of service via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-16593)

  - A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.35, in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string, as demonstrated in nm-new,     that can cause a denial of service via a crafted file. (CVE-2020-16599)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because     sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c. (CVE-2020-35448)

  - A flaw exists in binutils in bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted PEF file to be parsed     by objdump could cause a heap buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds read that could lead to an impact to     application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34. (CVE-2020-35493)

  - There's a flaw in bfd_pef_scan_start_address() of bfd/pef.c in binutils which could allow an attacker who     is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL pointer dereference. The     greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to     2.34. (CVE-2020-35496)

  - There's a flaw in bfd_pef_parse_function_stubs of bfd/pef.c in binutils in versions prior to 2.34 which     could allow an attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by objdump to cause a NULL     pointer dereference. The greatest threat of this flaw is to application availability. (CVE-2020-35507)

  - There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35     and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as     part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities     into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink. (CVE-2021-20197)

  - A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in
    _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The     highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20284)

  - There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils in versions before 2.36. An attacker who supplies a crafted     file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system     availability by way of excessive memory consumption. (CVE-2021-3487)

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

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.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to version 2.35.1 (jsc#ECO-2373)

Additional branch fixes applied on top of 2.35.1 :

Fixes PR26520, aka [bsc#1179036], a problem in addr2line with certain DWARF variable descriptions.

Also fixes PR26711, PR26656, PR26655, PR26929, PR26808, PR25878, PR26740, PR26778, PR26763, PR26685, PR26699, PR26902, PR26869, PR26711

The above includes fixes for dwo files produced by modern dwp, fixing several problems in the DWARF reader.

Update to binutils 2.35.1 and rebased branch diff :

This is a point release over the previous 2.35 version, containing bug fixes, and as an exception to the usual rule, one new feature. The new feature is the support for a new directive in the assembler: '.nop'.
This directive creates a single no-op instruction in whatever encoding is correct for the target architecture. Unlike the .space or .fill this is a real instruction, and it does affect the generation of DWARF line number tables, should they be enabled.

Update to binutils 2.35 :

The assembler can now produce DWARF-5 format line number tables.

Readelf now has a 'lint' mode to enable extra checks of the files it is processing.

Readelf will now display '[...]' when it has to truncate a symbol name. The old behaviour - of displaying as many characters as possible, up to the 80 column limit - can be restored by the use of the

--silent-truncation option.

The linker can now produce a dependency file listing the inputs that it has processed, much like the -M -MP option supported by the compiler.

fix DT_NEEDED order with -flto [bsc#1163744]

Update to binutils 2.34 :

The disassembler (objdump --disassemble) now has an option to generate ascii art thats show the arcs between that start and end points of control flow instructions.

The binutils tools now have support for debuginfod. Debuginfod is a HTTP service for distributing ELF/DWARF debugging information as well as source code. The tools can now connect to debuginfod servers in order to download debug information about the files that they are processing.

The assembler and linker now support the generation of ELF format files for the Z80 architecture.

Add new subpackages for libctf and libctf-nobfd.

Disable LTO due to bsc#1163333.

Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1153768 aka CVE-2019-17451 aka PR25070 bsc#1153770 aka CVE-2019-17450 aka PR25078

fix various build fails on aarch64 (PR25210, bsc#1157755).

Update to binutils 2.33.1 :

Adds support for the Arm Scalable Vector Extension version 2 (SVE2) instructions, the Arm Transactional Memory Extension (TME) instructions and the Armv8.1-M Mainline and M-profile Vector Extension (MVE) instructions.

Adds support for the Arm Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A77 and Cortex-M35P processors and the AArch64 Cortex-A34, Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Cortex-A76AE, and Cortex-A77 processors.

Adds a .float16 directive for both Arm and AArch64 to allow encoding of 16-bit floating point literals.

For MIPS, Add -m[no-]fix-loongson3-llsc option to fix (or not) Loongson3 LLSC Errata. Add a --enable-mips-fix-loongson3-llsc=[yes|no] configure time option to set the default behavior. Set the default if the configure option is not used to 'no'.

The Cortex-A53 Erratum 843419 workaround now supports a choice of which workaround to use. The option --fix-cortex-a53-843419 now takes an optional argument --fix-cortex-a53-843419[=full|adr|adrp] which can be used to force a particular workaround to be used. See --help for AArch64 for more details.

Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI and GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_PAC in ELF GNU program properties in the AArch64 ELF linker.

Add -z force-bti for AArch64 to enable GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI on output while warning about missing GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI on inputs and use PLTs protected with BTI.

Add -z pac-plt for AArch64 to pick PAC enabled PLTs.

Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if present, provides a prefix to source code lines displayed in a disassembly.

Add --set-section-alignment <section-name>=<power-of-2-align> option to objcopy to allow the changing of section alignments.

Add --verilog-data-width option to objcopy for verilog targets to control width of data elements in verilog hex format.

The separate debug info file options of readelf (--debug-dump=links and

--debug-dump=follow) and objdump (--dwarf=links and

--dwarf=follow-links) will now display and/or follow multiple links if more than one are present in a file. (This usually happens when gcc's

-gsplit-dwarf option is used). In addition objdump's

--dwarf=follow-links now also affects its other display options, so that for example, when combined with

--syms it will cause the symbol tables in any linked debug info files to also be displayed. In addition when combined with

--disassemble the --dwarf= follow-links option will ensure that any symbol tables in the linked files are read and used when disassembling code in the main file.

Add support for dumping types encoded in the Compact Type Format to objdump and readelf.

Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1126826 aka CVE-2019-9077 aka PR1126826 bsc#1126829 aka CVE-2019-9075 aka PR1126829 bsc#1126831 aka CVE-2019-9074 aka PR24235 bsc#1140126 aka CVE-2019-12972 aka PR23405 bsc#1143609 aka CVE-2019-14444 aka PR24829 bsc#1142649 aka CVE-2019-14250 aka PR90924

Add xBPF target

Fix various problems with DWARF 5 support in gas

fix nm -B for objects compiled with -flto and -fcommon.

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.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to version 2.35. (jsc#ECO-2373)

Update to binutils 2.35 :

The assembler can now produce DWARF-5 format line number tables.

Readelf now has a 'lint' mode to enable extra checks of the files it is processing.

Readelf will now display '[...]' when it has to truncate a symbol name. The old behaviour - of displaying as many characters as possible, up to the 80 column limit - can be restored by the use of the

--silent-truncation option.

The linker can now produce a dependency file listing the inputs that it has processed, much like the -M -MP option supported by the compiler.

fix DT_NEEDED order with -flto [bsc#1163744]

Update to binutils 2.34 :

The disassembler (objdump --disassemble) now has an option to generate ascii art thats show the arcs between that start and end points of control flow instructions.

The binutils tools now have support for debuginfod. Debuginfod is a HTTP service for distributing ELF/DWARF debugging information as well as source code. The tools can now connect to debuginfod servers in order to download debug information about the files that they are processing.

The assembler and linker now support the generation of ELF format files for the Z80 architecture.

Add new subpackages for libctf and libctf-nobfd.

Disable LTO due to bsc#1163333.

Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1153768 aka CVE-2019-17451 aka PR25070 bsc#1153770 aka CVE-2019-17450 aka PR25078

fix various build fails on aarch64 (PR25210, bsc#1157755).

Update to binutils 2.33.1 :

Adds support for the Arm Scalable Vector Extension version 2 (SVE2) instructions, the Arm Transactional Memory Extension (TME) instructions and the Armv8.1-M Mainline and M-profile Vector Extension (MVE) instructions.

Adds support for the Arm Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A77 and Cortex-M35P processors and the AArch64 Cortex-A34, Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Cortex-A76AE, and Cortex-A77 processors.

Adds a .float16 directive for both Arm and AArch64 to allow encoding of 16-bit floating point literals.

For MIPS, Add -m[no-]fix-loongson3-llsc option to fix (or not) Loongson3 LLSC Errata. Add a --enable-mips-fix-loongson3-llsc=[yes|no] configure time option to set the default behavior. Set the default if the configure option is not used to 'no'.

The Cortex-A53 Erratum 843419 workaround now supports a choice of which workaround to use. The option --fix-cortex-a53-843419 now takes an optional argument --fix-cortex-a53-843419[=full|adr|adrp] which can be used to force a particular workaround to be used. See --help for AArch64 for more details.

Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI and GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_PAC in ELF GNU program properties in the AArch64 ELF linker.

Add -z force-bti for AArch64 to enable GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI on output while warning about missing GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI on inputs and use PLTs protected with BTI.

Add -z pac-plt for AArch64 to pick PAC enabled PLTs.

Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if present, provides a prefix to source code lines displayed in a disassembly.

Add --set-section-alignment <section-name>=<power-of-2-align> option to objcopy to allow the changing of section alignments.

Add --verilog-data-width option to objcopy for verilog targets to control width of data elements in verilog hex format.

The separate debug info file options of readelf (--debug-dump=links and

--debug-dump=follow) and objdump (--dwarf=links and

--dwarf=follow-links) will now display and/or follow multiple links if more than one are present in a file. (This usually happens when gcc's

-gsplit-dwarf option is used). In addition objdump's

--dwarf=follow-links now also affects its other display options, so that for example, when combined with

--syms it will cause the symbol tables in any linked debug info files to also be displayed. In addition when combined with

--disassemble the --dwarf= follow-links option will ensure that any symbol tables in the linked files are read and used when disassembling code in the main file.

Add support for dumping types encoded in the Compact Type Format to objdump and readelf.

Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1126826 aka CVE-2019-9077 aka PR1126826 bsc#1126829 aka CVE-2019-9075 aka PR1126829 bsc#1126831 aka CVE-2019-9074 aka PR24235 bsc#1140126 aka CVE-2019-12972 aka PR23405 bsc#1143609 aka CVE-2019-14444 aka PR24829 bsc#1142649 aka CVE-2019-14250 aka PR90924

Add xBPF target

Fix various problems with DWARF 5 support in gas

fix nm -B for objects compiled with -flto and -fcommon.

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.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to version 2.35. (jsc#ECO-2373)

Update to binutils 2.35 :

  - The assembler can now produce DWARF-5 format line number     tables.

  - Readelf now has a 'lint' mode to enable extra checks of     the files it is processing.

  - Readelf will now display '[...]' when it has to truncate     a symbol name. The old behaviour - of displaying as many     characters as possible, up to the 80 column limit - can     be restored by the use of the --silent-truncation     option.

  - The linker can now produce a dependency file listing the     inputs that it has processed, much like the -M -MP     option supported by the compiler.

  - fix DT_NEEDED order with -flto [bsc#1163744]

Update to binutils 2.34 :

  - The disassembler (objdump --disassemble) now has an     option to generate ascii art thats show the arcs between     that start and end points of control flow instructions.

  - The binutils tools now have support for debuginfod.
    Debuginfod is a HTTP service for distributing ELF/DWARF     debugging information as well as source code. The tools     can now connect to debuginfod servers in order to     download debug information about the files that they are     processing.

  - The assembler and linker now support the generation of     ELF format files for the Z80 architecture.

  - Add new subpackages for libctf and libctf-nobfd.

  - Disable LTO due to bsc#1163333.

  - Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1153768 aka     CVE-2019-17451 aka PR25070 bsc#1153770 aka     CVE-2019-17450 aka PR25078

  - fix various build fails on aarch64 (PR25210,     bsc#1157755).

Update to binutils 2.33.1 :

  - Adds support for the Arm Scalable Vector Extension     version 2 (SVE2) instructions, the Arm Transactional     Memory Extension (TME) instructions and the Armv8.1-M     Mainline and M-profile Vector Extension (MVE)     instructions.

  - Adds support for the Arm Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A77 and     Cortex-M35P processors and the AArch64 Cortex-A34,     Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Cortex-A76AE, and Cortex-A77     processors.

  - Adds a .float16 directive for both Arm and AArch64 to     allow encoding of 16-bit floating point literals.

  - For MIPS, Add -m[no-]fix-loongson3-llsc option to fix     (or not) Loongson3 LLSC Errata. Add a
    --enable-mips-fix-loongson3-llsc=[yes|no] configure time     option to set the default behavior. Set the default if     the configure option is not used to 'no'.

  - The Cortex-A53 Erratum 843419 workaround now supports a     choice of which workaround to use. The option
    --fix-cortex-a53-843419 now takes an optional argument
    --fix-cortex-a53-843419[=full|adr|adrp] which can be     used to force a particular workaround to be used. See
    --help for AArch64 for more details.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI and     GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_PAC in ELF GNU program     properties in the AArch64 ELF linker. 

  - Add -z force-bti for AArch64 to enable     GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI on output while     warning about missing GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_BTI     on inputs and use PLTs protected with BTI.

  - Add -z pac-plt for AArch64 to pick PAC enabled PLTs.

  - Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if     present, provides a prefix to source code lines     displayed in a disassembly.

  - Add --set-section-alignment     <section-name>=<power-of-2-align> option to objcopy to     allow the changing of section alignments.

  - Add --verilog-data-width option to objcopy for verilog     targets to control width of data elements in verilog hex     format.

  - The separate debug info file options of readelf     (--debug-dump=links and --debug-dump=follow) and objdump     (--dwarf=links and

    --dwarf=follow-links) will now display and/or follow     multiple links if more than one are present in a file.
    (This usually happens when gcc's -gsplit-dwarf option is     used). In addition objdump's --dwarf=follow-links now     also affects its other display options, so that for     example, when combined with

    --syms it will cause the symbol tables in any linked     debug info files to also be displayed. In addition when     combined with

    --disassemble the --dwarf= follow-links option will     ensure that any symbol tables in the linked files are     read and used when disassembling code in the main file.

  - Add support for dumping types encoded in the Compact     Type Format to objdump and readelf.

  - Includes fixes for these CVEs: bsc#1126826 aka     CVE-2019-9077 aka PR1126826 bsc#1126829 aka     CVE-2019-9075 aka PR1126829 bsc#1126831 aka     CVE-2019-9074 aka PR24235 bsc#1140126 aka CVE-2019-12972     aka PR23405 bsc#1143609 aka CVE-2019-14444 aka PR24829     bsc#1142649 aka CVE-2019-14250 aka PR90924

  - Add xBPF target

  - Fix various problems with DWARF 5 support in gas

  - fix nm -B for objects compiled with -flto and -fcommon.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-39 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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

  - remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to     trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This     can occur during execution of cxxfilt.(CVE-2018-12934)

  - The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty,     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called     with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation)     or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     string, as demonstrated by c++filt.(CVE-2018-18483)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read     in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type     SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'     character.(CVE-2019-12972)

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 remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4336-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated     system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils     to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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 get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty,     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called     with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation)     or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     string, as demonstrated by c++filt.(CVE-2018-18483)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference     was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The     vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and     application crash, which leads to denial of service, as     demonstrated by objdump, because of missing
    _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.(CVE-2018-18309)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read     in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type     SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'     character.(CVE-2019-12972)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in
    _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c.
    Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-17358)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in     bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2018-17359)

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 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow -     Out of bound memory access. The impact is: Deny of     Service, Memory Disclosure, and Possible Code     Execution. The component is: The main gdb module. The     attack vector is: Open an ELF for debugging. The fixed     version is: Not fixed yet.(CVE-2019-1010180)

  - 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)

  - binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer     Overflow vulnerability in objdump,     bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dyna     mic_reloc that can result in Integer overflow trigger     heap overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution     of arbitrary code.. This attack appear to be     exploitable via Local. This vulnerability appears to     have been fixed in after commit     3a551c7a1b80fca579461774860574eabfd7f18f.(CVE-2018-1000     876)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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 the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference     was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The     vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and     application crash, which leads to denial of service, as     demonstrated by objdump, because of missing
    _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.(CVE-2018-18309)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a     SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as     demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451)

  - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite recursion and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2019-17450)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read     in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type     SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'     character.(CVE-2019-12972)

  - load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow     vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer     overflow via a crafted section size.(CVE-2018-20671)

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 :

  - load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow     vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer     overflow via a crafted section size.(CVE-2018-20671)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read     in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type     SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'     character.(CVE-2019-12972)

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 :

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer     overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because     the number of program headers is not     restricted.(CVE-2018-19931)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read     in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in     elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type     SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'     character.(CVE-2019-12972)

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.

An update of the binutils package has been released.

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
200030	RHEL 8 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
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
154861	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3593-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
143785	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2020:3552-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
143614	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2020:3060-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
142163	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2020-1790)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
142149	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2020-1804)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
138962	GLSA-202007-39 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
137477	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1635)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
135966	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
135628	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1466)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
135501	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1372)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
132828	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1074)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
132594	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1001)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
132353	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2686)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
128734	Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0173	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
128729	Photon OS 3.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-3.0-0026	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium

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