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

  - The aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out function in aoutx.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils before 2.31, allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and application crash) via a     crafted file, as demonstrated by     objcopy.(CVE-2018-14038)

  - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info 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 (memory leak)     via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-15225)

  - _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables 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 (excessive     memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file.(CVE-2017-14938)

  - 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 cplus-dem.c in GNU     libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and     2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling     functions provided by libiberty, and there are     recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args,     demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.(CVE-2018-9138)

  - 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)

  - 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 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)

  - bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.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 (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.(CVE-2017-15021)

  - decode_line_info 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 (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15025)

  - decode_line_info 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 loop) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14932)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     read_1_byte.(CVE-2017-14939)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does     not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or     out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a     crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and     parse_comp_unit.(CVE-2017-15022)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of     a relocatable object file, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application     crash).(CVE-2017-15938)

  - elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted object file, related to     elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,     elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and     elfcore_grok_nto_status.(CVE-2017-17080)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - GNU assembler in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     global buffer overflow (of size 1) while attempting to     unget an EOF character from the input stream,     potentially leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7223)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9041)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the     get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM     unwind information that contains invalid word     offsets.(CVE-2017-9038)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted     ELF file with many program headers, related to the     get_program_headers function in     readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9039)

  - GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus     input script, leading to a program crash. This relates     to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in     ldlex.l.(CVE-2017-7227)

  - ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack     buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex     objects.(CVE-2014-9939)

  - Memory leak in decode_line_info 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 (memory     consumption) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14930)

  - objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to multiple     heap-based buffer over-reads (of size 1 and size 8)     while handling corrupt STABS enum type strings in a     crafted object file, leading to program     crash.(CVE-2017-7210)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - process_debug_info in dwarf.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 loop) via a crafted ELF     file that contains a negative size value in a CU     structure.(CVE-2017-14934)

  - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt     RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program     crashes. It may lead to an information leak as     well.(CVE-2017-6969)

  - scan_unit_for_symbols 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 (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14940)

  - The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not properly validate the size of the external string     table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based     buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF     binary.(CVE-2017-17124)

  - 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)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.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 alpha file.(CVE-2017-12453)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.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 arbitrary memory read via     a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12454)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in 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 during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9745)

  - The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked     strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-6759)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid     read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs     (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not     check the format of the input file before trying to     read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability     leads to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7299)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer     dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8394)

  - 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 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access     violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a     location after the end of the to-be-relocated     section.(CVE-2017-17121)

  - The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF     based file.(CVE-2017-17123)

  - The decode_line_info function 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 (read_1_byte     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14128)

  - The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer     overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or     heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-17122)

  - 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 find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU     Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main     file name and the directory name are both empty,     triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid     write, and leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7225)

  - The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU     Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of     size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that     contains an empty function name, leading to a program     crash.(CVE-2017-7224)

  - The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak     vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in     objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in     dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve     this.(CVE-2017-8421)

  - The getsym function in tekhex.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 (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a malformed tekhex     binary.(CVE-2017-12967)

  - The getvalue function in tekhex.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 (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as     demonstrated by mishandling within the nm     program.(CVE-2017-9954)

  - The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the     strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program     crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size,     and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as     well.(CVE-2017-7226)

  - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName     vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to     the bfd_getl16 function.(CVE-2017-14529)

  - The read_section function 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 (parse_comp_unit     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14129)

  - The read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in     rddbg.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier allows remote     attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a     crafted binary file.(CVE-2017-12456)

  - 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)

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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4326-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated     system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to     cause libiberty 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.

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.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
131604	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2450)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	critical
132275	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2558)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/19/2019	4/3/2024	critical
135398	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-4326-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/10/2020	8/29/2024	high
135966	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/24/2020	8/27/2024	critical
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/21/2021	10/29/2024	critical

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