An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, and there is a stack consumption problem caused by recursive stack frames: cplus_demangle_type, d_bare_function_type, d_function_type.

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to current 2.32 branch [jsc#ECO-368].

Includes following security fixes :

  - CVE-2018-17358: Fixed invalid memory access in
    _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c     (bsc#1109412)

  - CVE-2018-17359: Fixed invalid memory access exists in     bfd_zalloc in opncls.c (bsc#1109413)

  - CVE-2018-17360: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in     bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c (bsc#1109414)

  - CVE-2018-17985: Fixed a stack consumption problem caused     by the cplus_demangle_type (bsc#1116827)

  - CVE-2018-18309: Fixed an invalid memory address     dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c     (bsc#1111996)

  - CVE-2018-18483: Fixed get_count function provided by     libiberty that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service or other unspecified impact (bsc#1112535)

  - CVE-2018-18484: Fixed stack exhaustion in the C++     demangling functions provided by libiberty, caused by     recursive stack frames (bsc#1112534)

  - CVE-2018-18605: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read     issue was discovered in the function     sec_merge_hash_lookup causing a denial of service     (bsc#1113255)

  - CVE-2018-18606: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in
    _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections     with large alignments, causing denial of service     (bsc#1113252)

  - CVE-2018-18607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in     elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols     without any TLS section, causing denial of service     (bsc#1113247)

  - CVE-2018-19931: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in     bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h (bsc#1118831)

  - CVE-2018-19932: Fixed an integer overflow and infinite     loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA (bsc#1118830)

  - CVE-2018-20623: Fixed a use-after-free in the error     function in elfcomm.c (bsc#1121035)

  - CVE-2018-20651: Fixed a denial of service via a NULL     pointer dereference in elf_link_add_object_symbols in     elflink.c (bsc#1121034)

  - CVE-2018-20671: Fixed an integer overflow that can     trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in     load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c (bsc#1121056)

  - CVE-2018-1000876: Fixed integer overflow in     bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynam     ic_reloc in objdump (bsc#1120640)

  - CVE-2019-1010180: Fixed an out of bound memory access     that could lead to crashes (bsc#1142772)

  - enable xtensa architecture (Tensilica lc6 and related)

  - Use -ffat-lto-objects in order to provide assembly for     static libs (bsc#1141913).

  - Fixed some LTO build issues (bsc#1133131 bsc#1133232).

  - riscv: Don't check ABI flags if no code section

  - Fixed a segfault in ld when building some versions of     pacemaker (bsc#1154025, bsc#1154016).

  - Add avr, epiphany and rx to target_list so that the     common binutils can handle all objects we can create     with crosses (bsc#1152590).

Update to binutils 2.32 :

  - The binutils now support for the C-SKY processor series.

  - The x86 assembler now supports a -mvexwig=[0|1] option     to control encoding of VEX.W-ignored (WIG) VEX     instructions. It also has a new -mx86-used-note=[yes|no]     option to generate (or not) x86 GNU property notes. 

  - The MIPS assembler now supports the Loongson EXTensions     R2 (EXT2), the Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions,     the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM) ASE and the     Loongson MultiMedia extensions Instructions (MMI) ASE.

  - The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a     default limit on the maximum amount of recursion that is     allowed whilst demangling strings. This limit can be     disabled if necessary.

  - Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter,     specifying the starting symbol for disassembly.
    Disassembly will continue from this symbol up to the     next symbol or the end of the function.

  - The BFD linker will now report property change in linker     map file when merging GNU properties.

  - The BFD linker's -t option now doesn't report members     within archives, unless -t is given twice. This makes it     more useful when generating a list of files that should     be packaged for a linker bug report.

  - The GOLD linker has improved warning messages for     relocations that refer to discarded sections.

  - Improve relro support on s390 [fate#326356]

  - Fix broken debug symbols (bsc#1118644)

  - Handle ELF compressed header alignment correctly.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to current 2.32 branch [jsc#ECO-368].

Includes following security fixes :

  - CVE-2018-17358: Fixed invalid memory access in
    _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c     (bsc#1109412)

  - CVE-2018-17359: Fixed invalid memory access exists in     bfd_zalloc in opncls.c (bsc#1109413)

  - CVE-2018-17360: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in     bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c (bsc#1109414)

  - CVE-2018-17985: Fixed a stack consumption problem caused     by the cplus_demangle_type (bsc#1116827)

  - CVE-2018-18309: Fixed an invalid memory address     dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c     (bsc#1111996)

  - CVE-2018-18483: Fixed get_count function provided by     libiberty that allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service or other unspecified impact (bsc#1112535)

  - CVE-2018-18484: Fixed stack exhaustion in the C++     demangling functions provided by libiberty, caused by     recursive stack frames (bsc#1112534)

  - CVE-2018-18605: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read     issue was discovered in the function     sec_merge_hash_lookup causing a denial of service     (bsc#1113255)

  - CVE-2018-18606: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in
    _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections     with large alignments, causing denial of service     (bsc#1113252)

  - CVE-2018-18607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in     elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols     without any TLS section, causing denial of service     (bsc#1113247)

  - CVE-2018-19931: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in     bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h (bsc#1118831)

  - CVE-2018-19932: Fixed an integer overflow and infinite     loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA (bsc#1118830)

  - CVE-2018-20623: Fixed a use-after-free in the error     function in elfcomm.c (bsc#1121035)

  - CVE-2018-20651: Fixed a denial of service via a NULL     pointer dereference in elf_link_add_object_symbols in     elflink.c (bsc#1121034)

  - CVE-2018-20671: Fixed an integer overflow that can     trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in     load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c (bsc#1121056)

  - CVE-2018-1000876: Fixed integer overflow in     bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynam     ic_reloc in objdump (bsc#1120640)

  - CVE-2019-1010180: Fixed an out of bound memory access     that could lead to crashes (bsc#1142772)

  - enable xtensa architecture (Tensilica lc6 and related)

  - Use -ffat-lto-objects in order to provide assembly for     static libs (bsc#1141913).

  - Fixed some LTO build issues (bsc#1133131 bsc#1133232).

  - riscv: Don't check ABI flags if no code section

  - Fixed a segfault in ld when building some versions of     pacemaker (bsc#1154025, bsc#1154016).

  - Add avr, epiphany and rx to target_list so that the     common binutils can handle all objects we can create     with crosses (bsc#1152590).

Update to binutils 2.32 :

  - The binutils now support for the C-SKY processor series.

  - The x86 assembler now supports a -mvexwig=[0|1] option     to control encoding of VEX.W-ignored (WIG) VEX     instructions. It also has a new -mx86-used-note=[yes|no]     option to generate (or not) x86 GNU property notes. 

  - The MIPS assembler now supports the Loongson EXTensions     R2 (EXT2), the Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions,     the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM) ASE and the     Loongson MultiMedia extensions Instructions (MMI) ASE.

  - The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a     default limit on the maximum amount of recursion that is     allowed whilst demangling strings. This limit can be     disabled if necessary.

  - Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter,     specifying the starting symbol for disassembly.
    Disassembly will continue from this symbol up to the     next symbol or the end of the function.

  - The BFD linker will now report property change in linker     map file when merging GNU properties.

  - The BFD linker's -t option now doesn't report members     within archives, unless -t is given twice. This makes it     more useful when generating a list of files that should     be packaged for a linker bug report.

  - The GOLD linker has improved warning messages for     relocations that refer to discarded sections.

  - Improve relro support on s390 [fate#326356]

  - Fix broken debug symbols (bsc#1118644)

  - Handle ELF compressed header alignment correctly.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to current 2.32 branch [jsc#ECO-368].

Includes following security fixes :

CVE-2018-17358: Fixed invalid memory access in
_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c (bsc#1109412)

CVE-2018-17359: Fixed invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c (bsc#1109413)

CVE-2018-17360: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c (bsc#1109414)

CVE-2018-17985: Fixed a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type (bsc#1116827)

CVE-2018-18309: Fixed an invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c (bsc#1111996)

CVE-2018-18483: Fixed get_count function provided by libiberty that allowed attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact (bsc#1112535)

CVE-2018-18484: Fixed stack exhaustion in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, caused by recursive stack frames (bsc#1112534)

CVE-2018-18605: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup causing a denial of service (bsc#1113255)

CVE-2018-18606: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in
_bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments, causing denial of service (bsc#1113252)

CVE-2018-18607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section, causing denial of service (bsc#1113247)

CVE-2018-19931: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h (bsc#1118831)

CVE-2018-19932: Fixed an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA (bsc#1118830)

CVE-2018-20623: Fixed a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c (bsc#1121035)

CVE-2018-20651: Fixed a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c (bsc#1121034)

CVE-2018-20671: Fixed an integer overflow that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c (bsc#1121056)

CVE-2018-1000876: Fixed integer overflow in bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc in objdump (bsc#1120640)

CVE-2019-1010180: Fixed an out of bound memory access that could lead to crashes (bsc#1142772)

enable xtensa architecture (Tensilica lc6 and related)

Use -ffat-lto-objects in order to provide assembly for static libs (bsc#1141913).

Fixed some LTO build issues (bsc#1133131 bsc#1133232).

riscv: Don't check ABI flags if no code section

Fixed a segfault in ld when building some versions of pacemaker (bsc#1154025, bsc#1154016).

Add avr, epiphany and rx to target_list so that the common binutils can handle all objects we can create with crosses (bsc#1152590).

Update to binutils 2.32: The binutils now support for the C-SKY processor series.

The x86 assembler now supports a -mvexwig=[0|1] option to control encoding of VEX.W-ignored (WIG) VEX instructions. It also has a new

-mx86-used-note=[yes|no] option to generate (or not) x86 GNU property notes.

The MIPS assembler now supports the Loongson EXTensions R2 (EXT2), the Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions, the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM) ASE and the Loongson MultiMedia extensions Instructions (MMI) ASE.

The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a default limit on the maximum amount of recursion that is allowed whilst demangling strings. This limit can be disabled if necessary.

Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter, specifying the starting symbol for disassembly. Disassembly will continue from this symbol up to the next symbol or the end of the function.

The BFD linker will now report property change in linker map file when merging GNU properties.

The BFD linker's -t option now doesn't report members within archives, unless -t is given twice. This makes it more useful when generating a list of files that should be packaged for a linker bug report.

The GOLD linker has improved warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections.

Improve relro support on s390 [fate#326356]

Fix broken debug symbols (bsc#1118644)

Handle ELF compressed header alignment correctly.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues :

binutils was updated to current 2.32 branch @7b468db3 [jsc#ECO-368] :

Includes the following security fixes :

CVE-2018-17358: Fixed invalid memory access in
_bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c (bsc#1109412)

CVE-2018-17359: Fixed invalid memory access exists in bfd_zalloc in opncls.c (bsc#1109413)

CVE-2018-17360: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c (bsc#1109414)

CVE-2018-17985: Fixed a stack consumption problem caused by the cplus_demangle_type (bsc#1116827)

CVE-2018-18309: Fixed an invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c (bsc#1111996)

CVE-2018-18483: Fixed get_count function provided by libiberty that allowed attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact (bsc#1112535)

CVE-2018-18484: Fixed stack exhaustion in the C++ demangling functions provided by libiberty, caused by recursive stack frames (bsc#1112534)

CVE-2018-18605: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in the function sec_merge_hash_lookup causing a denial of service (bsc#1113255)

CVE-2018-18606: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in
_bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge sections with large alignments, causing denial of service (bsc#1113252)

CVE-2018-18607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS symbols without any TLS section, causing denial of service (bsc#1113247)

CVE-2018-19931: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h (bsc#1118831)

CVE-2018-19932: Fixed an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA (bsc#1118830)

CVE-2018-20623: Fixed a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c (bsc#1121035)

CVE-2018-20651: Fixed a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in elf_link_add_object_symbols in elflink.c (bsc#1121034)

CVE-2018-20671: Fixed an integer overflow that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c (bsc#1121056)

CVE-2018-1000876: Fixed integer overflow in bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc in objdump (bsc#1120640)

CVE-2019-1010180: Fixed an out of bound memory access that could lead to crashes (bsc#1142772)

Enable xtensa architecture (Tensilica lc6 and related)

Use -ffat-lto-objects in order to provide assembly for static libs (bsc#1141913).

Fixed some LTO problems (bsc#1133131 bsc#1133232).

riscv: Don't check ABI flags if no code section

Update to binutils 2.32: The binutils now support for the C-SKY processor series.

The x86 assembler now supports a -mvexwig=[0|1] option to control encoding of VEX.W-ignored (WIG) VEX instructions. It also has a new

-mx86-used-note=[yes|no] option to generate (or not) x86 GNU property notes.

The MIPS assembler now supports the Loongson EXTensions R2 (EXT2), the Loongson EXTensions (EXT) instructions, the Loongson Content Address Memory (CAM) ASE and the Loongson MultiMedia extensions Instructions (MMI) ASE.

The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a default limit on the maximum amount of recursion that is allowed whilst demangling strings. This limit can be disabled if necessary.

Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter, specifying the starting symbol for disassembly. Disassembly will continue from this symbol up to the next symbol or the end of the function.

The BFD linker will now report property change in linker map file when merging GNU properties.

The BFD linker's -t option now doesn't report members within archives, unless -t is given twice. This makes it more useful when generating a list of files that should be packaged for a linker bug report.

The GOLD linker has improved warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections.

Improve relro support on s390 [fate#326356]

Handle ELF compressed header alignment correctly.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update of the binutils package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
135966	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
135398	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-4326-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
130576	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2019-2432)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
130420	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2019-2415)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
130340	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2019:2780-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
130257	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2019:2779-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
129879	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2019:2650-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
122027	Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0119	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
122014	Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-1.0-0203	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium

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