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GLSA-200506-01 : Binutils, elfutils: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18406

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-01 (Binutils, elfutils: Buffer overflow)

 Tavis Ormandy and Ned Ludd of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered an integer overflow in the BFD library and elfutils, resulting in a heap based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 Successful exploitation would require a user to access a specially crafted binary file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNU Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose sys-devel/binutils All elfutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.108'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18406

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-01.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 6/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:elfutils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1704

GLSA: 200506-01