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CVE-2014-8485

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Description

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

References

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-12-09

Updated: 2017-07-01

Type: CWE-94

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

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