CVE-2014-8738
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Affected | — |
| 20 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.24.90.20141124-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | {"endIncluding":"2.24"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8738
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.