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Oracle Linux 7 : binutils (ELSA-2018-3032)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118762

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3032 advisory.

 [2.27-34.base.0.1]
 - Backport of upstream commit a5def14f1ca70e14d9433cb229c9369fa3051598 Add a test for R_386_GOT32/R_386_GOT32X IFUNC reloc error [Orabug 27930573]

 [2.27-34.base]
 - Fix seg-fault parsing corrupt AOUT format files. (#1579799)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing corrupt DWARF2 debug information. (#1579802)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing corrupt ELF format files. (#1579801)

 [2.27-33.base]
 - Fix seg-fault parsing ELF files. (#1578979)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing DWARF-2 information. (#1579065)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing DWARF-2 information. (#1579051)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing a PE format file. (#1579019)

 [2.27-32.base]
 - Fix seg-fault parsing DWARF-1 information. (#1569580)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing DWARF-2 information. (#1569891)
 - Fix seg-fault parsing COFF files. (#1571917)

 [2.27-31.base]
 - Allow 'lea foo@GOT, %reg' in PIC mode on the x86. (#1573872)

 [2.27-30.base]
 - Version bump in order to allow a rebuild, in order to work around a transient problem with the compose database.

 [2.27-29.base]
 - Add support for the GLOBALAUDIT dynamic linker tag.
 (#1439351)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected binutils and / or binutils-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-3032.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118762

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-3032.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2018

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:binutils, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10372, CVE-2018-10373, CVE-2018-10534, CVE-2018-10535, CVE-2018-13033, CVE-2018-7208, CVE-2018-7568, CVE-2018-7569, CVE-2018-7642, CVE-2018-7643, CVE-2018-8945

RHSA: 2018:3032