CentOS 4 : binutils (CESA-2005:673)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67030

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated binutils package that fixes several bugs and minor security issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools.

If a user is tricked into processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such as readelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution of arbitrary code as the user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1704 to this issue.

In addition, the following bugs have been fixed :

-- by default issue an error if IA-64 hint@pause instruction is put into the B slot, add assembler command line switch to override this behaviour -- fix linker's --emit-relocs with .gnu.warning.* section symbols -- fix gprof on 64-bit ppc binaries and libraries -- fix gas mapping of register names to dwarf2 register numbers in CFI directives

All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, which contains patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected binutils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67030

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-673.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:binutils

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1704

RHSA: 2005:673

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