The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6381-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in certain GNU binutils modules. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-19724, CVE-2020-21490)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds checks in several functions, which     could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,     expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-19726, CVE-2021-46174, CVE-2022-45703)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly initializing heap memory when processing certain     print instructions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2020-35342)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic behind certain memory management     related operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-44840)

    It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic behind certain memory management     related operations, which could lead to an invalid memory access. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47695)

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 :

  - A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19724)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.34. It is a memory leak when process microblaze-dis.c. This one     will consume memory on each insn disassembled. (CVE-2020-21490)

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the     function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file     and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48064)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain a memory leak vulnerability var the function     find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c. (CVE-2022-48065)

  - MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in     zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported     part of the zlib product. NOTE: pyminizip through 0.2.6 is also vulnerable because it bundles an affected     zlib version, and exposes the applicable MiniZip code through its compress API. (CVE-2023-45853)

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 Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19724)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.34. It is a memory leak when process microblaze-dis.c. This one     will consume memory on each insn disassembled. (CVE-2020-21490)

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the     function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file     and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48064)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain a memory leak vulnerability var the function     find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c. (CVE-2022-48065)

  - MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in     zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported     part of the zlib product. NOTE: pyminizip through 0.2.6 is also vulnerable because it bundles an affected     zlib version, and exposes the applicable MiniZip code through its compress API. (CVE-2023-45853)

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 version of binutils installed on the remote host is prior to 2.29.1-31. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2401 advisory.

  - A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to     cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19724)

  - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)

  - An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion failure in function     display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-35205)

  - An issue was discovered function stab_demangle_v3_arg in stabs.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows     attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks. (CVE-2022-47007)

  - An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks. (CVE-2022-47008)

  - An issue was discovered function pr_function_type in prdbg.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers     to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks. (CVE-2022-47010)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the     function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file     and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48064)

  - A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may     lead to loss of availability. (CVE-2023-1972)

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

An update of the binutils package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
181560	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-6381-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/18/2023	8/27/2024	high
190252	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1133)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/8/2024	2/8/2024	critical
197271	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1645)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/17/2024	5/17/2024	critical
187830	Amazon Linux 2 : binutils (ALAS-2024-2401)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	1/9/2024	1/10/2024	high
203776	Photon OS 3.0: Binutils PHSA-2023-3.0-0655	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	medium

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