CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8738
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• fedoraproject fedora 20
• fedoraproject fedora 21
• debian debian linux 7.0
• gnu binutils (<= 2.24)
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 security.gentoo.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533 Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f sourceware.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 security.gentoo.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533 Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f sourceware.org