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.

An update of the binutils package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers     to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the Create an array for saving the template     argument values XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump. (CVE-2018-12698)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the binutils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including     ar (for creating, modifying and extracting from     archives), as (a family of GNU assemblers), gprof (for     displaying call graph profile data), ld (the GNU     linker), nm (for listing symbols from object files),     objcopy (for copying and translating object files),     objdump (for displaying information from object files),     ranlib (for generating an index for the contents of an     archive), readelf (for displaying detailed information     about binary files), size (for listing the section     sizes of an object or archive file), strings (for     listing printable strings from files), strip (for     discarding symbols), and addr2line (for converting     addresses to file and line). Security Fix(es):GNU     Binutils 2017-04-03 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash), related to the     process_mips_specific function in readelf.c, via a     crafted ELF file that triggers a large     memory-allocation attempt.(CVE-2017-9040)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     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 a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h     that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4)     because of missing checks for relocs that could not be     recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils     utilities like strip to crash.(CVE-2017-7302)The Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an     invalid read (of size 4) because of missing a check (in     the find_link function) for null headers before     attempting to match them. This vulnerability causes     Binutils utilities like strip to     crash.(CVE-2017-7303)The Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 8)     because of missing a check (in the     copy_special_section_fields function) for an invalid     sh_link field before attempting to follow it. This     vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to     crash.(CVE-2017-7304)The Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, is vulnerable to a global buffer over-read error     because of an assumption made by code that runs for     objcopy and strip, that SHT_REL/SHR_RELA sections are     always named starting with a .rel/.rela prefix. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy and strip, to crash.(CVE-2017-8393)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 2.28, is vulnerable to an     invalid read of size 1 because the existing reloc     offset range tests didn't catch small negative offsets     less than the size of the reloc field. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objdump, to crash.(CVE-2017-8396)The Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read     of size 1 and an invalid write of size 1 during     processing of a corrupt binary containing reloc(s) with     negative addresses. This vulnerability causes programs     that conduct an analysis of binary programs using the     libbfd library, such as objdump, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8397)dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 is     vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 during dumping     of debug information from a corrupt binary. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs, such as objdump and readelf, to     crash.(CVE-2017-8398)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)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)The elf_read_notesfunction in     bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 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.(CVE-2017-12799)elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU     Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file     that triggers a ''buffer overflow on fuzzed archive     header,'' related to an uninitialized variable, an     improper conditional jump, and the     get_archive_member_name,     process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive     functions.(CVE-2017-15996)readelf.c in GNU Binutils     2017-04-12 has a ''cannot be represented in type long''     issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-9042)The score_opcodes function in     opcodes/score7-dis.c 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-2017-9742)The sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags     function in bfd/elf32-sh.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-2017-9744)The disassemble_bytes function     in objdump.c 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 rae insns printing for this file     during ''objdump -D'' execution.(CVE-2017-9746)The     ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow 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. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler     bug.(CVE-2017-9747)The ieee_object_p function in     bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28,     might allow 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. NOTE: this may be     related to a compiler bug.(CVE-2017-9748)The *regs*     macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allow     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-2017-9749)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)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)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 in the _bfd_vms_get_value     and _bfd_vms_slurp_etir functions during ''objdump -D''     execution.(CVE-2017-9752)The versados_mkobject function     in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure,     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-2017-9753)The     process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a     certain offset, 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-2017-9754)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)The aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist     function in opcodes/aarch64-dis.c 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-2017-9756)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)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)An issue was discovered in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based     buffer overflow in _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap in     archive64.c.(CVE-2019-9075)A NULL pointer dereference     (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was     discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in     GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30.
    This can occur during execution of     objdump.(CVE-2018-12697)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)GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16     (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper     Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison,     Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service.
    The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497,     elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF     file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be     opened.(CVE-2019-1010204)The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr     function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.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 stack read via a crafted COFF image     file.(CVE-2017-12451)A Stack Exhaustion issue was     discovered in debug_write_type in debug.c in GNU     Binutils 2.30 because of DEBUG_KIND_INDIRECT infinite     recursion.(CVE-2018-12700)finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU     Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an     out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during     execution of objdump.(CVE-2018-12699)demangle_template     in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive     memory consumption (aka OOM) during the 'Create an     array for saving the template argument values' XNEWVEC     call. This can occur during execution of     objdump.(CVE-2018-12698)An issue was discovered in     arm_pt in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the     C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and     there are recursive stack frames:
    demangle_arm_hp_template, demangle_class_name,     demangle_fund_type, do_type, do_arg, demangle_args, and     demangle_nested_args. This can occur during execution     of nm-new.(CVE-2018-12641)An issue was discovered in     GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow     in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed     MIPS option section.(CVE-2019-9077)

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.

An update of the crash package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-01 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review       the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially       crafted ELF, object, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of       Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/21/2021	10/29/2024	critical
130124	Photon OS 3.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-3.0-0031	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	10/22/2019	7/24/2024	high
222371	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-12698	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	high
128943	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-1940)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/17/2019	4/25/2024	critical
203822	Photon OS 3.0: Crash PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	critical
127559	GLSA-201908-01 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	5/7/2024	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
203529	Photon OS 4.0: Crash PHSA-2023-4.0-0414	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	critical

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