CVE-2014-8738

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.

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;h=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2