The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has binutils packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - process_cu_tu_index in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf.
    (CVE-2018-10372)

  - concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in     GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new. (CVE-2018-10373)

  - The _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in peXXigen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, processes a negative Data Directory size with     an unbounded loop that increases the value of (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the address     exceeds its own memory region, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write, as demonstrated by objcopy     copying private info with _bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in pex64igen.c. (CVE-2018-10534)

  - The ignore_section_sym function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, does not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab     entry with a SECTION type that has a 0 value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy.
    (CVE-2018-10535)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c. Attackers     could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2018-17358)

  - The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak via a crafted ELF file, leading to a     denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by nm. (CVE-2018-20002)

  - The elf_object_p function in elfcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, has an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication     is not used. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)     or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2018-6323)

  - The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could     leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2018-6759)

  - In the coff_pointerize_aux function in coffgen.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, an index is not validated, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as     demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object. (CVE-2018-7208)

  - The parse_die function in dwarf1.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow     and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm.
    (CVE-2018-7568)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30,     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow or overflow, and application     crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm. (CVE-2018-7569)

  - The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a     matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy. (CVE-2018-7570)

  - The swap_std_reloc_in function in aoutx.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as     demonstrated by objcopy. (CVE-2018-7642)

  - The display_debug_ranges function in dwarf.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump. (CVE-2018-7643)

  - The bfd_section_from_shdr function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation     fault) via a large attribute section. (CVE-2018-8945)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.35.1. A heap-based buffer over-read can occur in bfd_getl_signed_32 in libbfd.c because     sh_entsize is not validated in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c. (CVE-2020-35448)

  - There is an open race window when writing output in the following utilities in GNU binutils version 2.35     and earlier:ar, objcopy, strip, ranlib. When these utilities are run as a privileged user (presumably as     part of a script updating binaries across different users), an unprivileged user can trick these utilities     into getting ownership of arbitrary files through a symlink. (CVE-2021-20197)

  - A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in
    _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The     highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20284)

  - There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils in versions before 2.36. An attacker who supplies a crafted     file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system     availability by way of excessive memory consumption. (CVE-2021-3487)

  - ** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in the Bidirectional Algorithm in the Unicode Specification through     14.0. It permits the visual reordering of characters via control sequences, which can be used to craft     source code that renders different logic than the logical ordering of tokens ingested by compilers and     interpreters. Adversaries can leverage this to encode source code for compilers accepting Unicode such     that targeted vulnerabilities are introduced invisibly to human reviewers. NOTE: the Unicode Consortium     offers the following alternative approach to presenting this concern. An issue is noted in the nature of     international text that can affect applications that implement support for The Unicode Standard and the     Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (all versions). Due to text display behavior when text includes left-to-     right and right-to-left characters, the visual order of tokens may be different from their logical order.
    Additionally, control characters needed to fully support the requirements of bidirectional text can     further obfuscate the logical order of tokens. Unless mitigated, an adversary could craft source code such     that the ordering of tokens perceived by human reviewers does not match what will be processed by a     compiler/interpreter/etc. The Unicode Consortium has documented this class of vulnerability in its     document, Unicode Technical Report #36, Unicode Security Considerations. The Unicode Consortium also     provides guidance on mitigations for this class of issues in Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode     Security Mechanisms, and in Unicode Standard Annex #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax. Also, the     BIDI specification allows applications to tailor the implementation in ways that can mitigate misleading     visual reordering in program text; see HL4 in Unicode Standard Annex #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
    (CVE-2021-42574)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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 to version 2.31 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15996: readelf allowed remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation)     or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     ELF file that triggered a buffer overflow on fuzzed     archive header (bsc#1065643)

  - CVE-2017-15939: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd) mishandled NULL files in a .debug_line file     table, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     concat_filename (bsc#1065689)

  - CVE-2017-15938: the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd) miscalculated DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in     the case of a relocatable object file, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application crash) (bsc#1065693)

  - CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (invalid memory access and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file (bsc#1068640)

  - CVE-2017-16832: The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did     not validate size and offset values in the data     dictionary, which allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation violation and     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068643)

  - CVE-2017-16831: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd) did not validate the symbol count, which     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive     memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068887)

  - CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function did     not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit     platforms, which allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation violation and     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068888)

  - CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties     function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd) did not prevent negative pointers, which     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file     (bsc#1068950)

  - CVE-2017-16828: The display_debug_frames function     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069176)

  - CVE-2017-16827: The aout_get_external_symbols function     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file (bsc#1069202)

  - CVE-2018-6323: The elf_object_p function in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an     unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type     multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact (bsc#1077745)

  - CVE-2018-6543: Prevent integer overflow in the function     load_specific_debug_section() which resulted in     `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact (bsc#1079103)

  - CVE-2018-6759: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     had an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers     could have leveraged this vulnerability to cause a     denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF     file (bsc#1079741)

  - CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a     note with a large alignment (bsc#1080556)

  - CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) an     index was not validated, which allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object     (bsc#1081527)

  - CVE-2018-7570: The     assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an     ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD     segment, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1083528)

  - CVE-2018-7569: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (integer underflow or overflow, and     application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF     FORM block, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1083532)

  - CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section     (bsc#1086608)

  - CVE-2018-7643: The display_debug_ranges function allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as     demonstrated by objdump (bsc#1086784)

  - CVE-2018-7642: The swap_std_reloc_in function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as     demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1086786)

  - CVE-2018-7568: The parse_die function in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow     and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt     dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm     (bsc#1086788)

  - CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary     file, as demonstrated by nm-new (bsc#1090997)

  - CVE-2018-10372: process_cu_tu_index allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     binary file, as demonstrated by readelf (bsc#1091015)

  - CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did     not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a     symtab entry with a 'SECTION' type that has a '0' value,     which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash)     via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy     (bsc#1091365)

  - CVE-2018-10534: The
    _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)     processesed a negative Data Directory size with an     unbounded loop that increased the value of     (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the     address exceeded its own memory region, resulting in an     out-of-bounds memory write, as demonstrated by objcopy     copying private info with
    _bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in     pex64igen.c (bsc#1091368)

These non-security issues were fixed :

  - The AArch64 port now supports showing disassembly notes     which are emitted when inconsistencies are found with     the instruction that may result in the instruction being     invalid. These can be turned on with the option -M notes     to objdump.

  - The AArch64 port now emits warnings when a combination     of an instruction and a named register could be invalid.

  - Added O modifier to ar to display member offsets inside     an archive

  - The ADR and ADRL pseudo-instructions supported by the     ARM assembler now only set the bottom bit of the address     of thumb function symbols if the -mthumb-interwork     command line option is active.

  - Add --generate-missing-build-notes=[yes|no] option to     create (or not) GNU Build Attribute notes if none are     present in the input sources. Add a

    --enable-generate-build-notes=[yes|no] configure time     option to set the default behaviour. Set the default if     the configure option is not used to 'no'.

  - Remove -mold-gcc command-line option for x86 targets.

  - Add -O[2|s] command-line options to x86 assembler to     enable alternate shorter instruction encoding.

  - Add support for .nops directive. It is currently     supported only for x86 targets.

  - Speed up direct linking with DLLs for Cygwin and Mingw     targets.

  - Add a configure option --enable-separate-code to decide     whether

    -z separate-code should be enabled in ELF linker by     default. Default to yes for Linux/x86 targets. Note that
    -z separate-code can increase disk and memory size.

  - RISC-V: Fix symbol address problem with versioned     symbols 

  - Restore riscv64-elf cross prefix via symlinks

  - Fix pacemaker libqb problem with section start/stop     symbols

  - RISC-V: Don't enable relaxation in relocatable link

  - Prevent linking faiures on i386 with assertion     (bsc#1085784)

  - Fix symbol size bug when relaxation deletes bytes

  - Add --debug-dump=links option to readelf and
    --dwarf=links option to objdump which displays the     contents of any .gnu_debuglink or .gnu_debugaltlink     sections. Add a --debug-dump=follow-links option to     readelf and a --dwarf=follow-links option to objdump     which causes indirect links into separate debug info     files to be followed when dumping other DWARF sections.

  - Add support for loaction views in DWARF debug line     information.

  - Add -z separate-code to generate separate code PT_LOAD     segment.

  - Add '-z undefs' command line option as the inverse of     the '-z defs' option.

  - Add -z globalaudit command line option to force audit     libraries to be run for every dynamic object loaded by     an executable - provided that the loader supports this     functionality.

  - Tighten linker script grammar around file name     specifiers to prevent the use of SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT and     SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY on filenames. These would     previously be accepted but had no effect.

  - The EXCLUDE_FILE directive can now be placed within any     SORT_* directive within input section lists.

  - Fix linker relaxation with --wrap

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

An update of the binutils package has been released.

This update for binutils to version 2.31 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2017-15996: readelf allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggered a buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header (bsc#1065643)

CVE-2017-15939: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) mishandled NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename (bsc#1065689)

CVE-2017-15938: the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) miscalculated DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash) (bsc#1065693)

CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068640)

CVE-2017-16832: The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068643)

CVE-2017-16831: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the symbol count, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068887)

CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function did not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068888)

CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not prevent negative pointers, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068950)

CVE-2017-16828: The display_debug_frames function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069176)

CVE-2017-16827: The aout_get_external_symbols function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069202)

CVE-2018-6323: The elf_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1077745)

CVE-2018-6543: Prevent integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() which resulted in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1079103)

CVE-2018-6759: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could have leveraged this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1079741)

CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment (bsc#1080556)

CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) an index was not validated, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object (bsc#1081527)

CVE-2018-7570: The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1083528)

CVE-2018-7569: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1083532)

CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section (bsc#1086608)

CVE-2018-7643: The display_debug_ranges function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump (bsc#1086784)

CVE-2018-7642: The swap_std_reloc_in function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1086786)

CVE-2018-7568: The parse_die function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1086788)

CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new (bsc#1090997)

CVE-2018-10372: process_cu_tu_index allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf (bsc#1091015)

CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a 'SECTION' type that has a '0' value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1091365)

CVE-2018-10534: The _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) processesed a negative Data Directory size with an unbounded loop that increased the value of (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the address exceeded its own memory region, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write, as demonstrated by objcopy copying private info with
_bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in pex64igen.c (bsc#1091368)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-17 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review       the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially       crafted ELF, object, PE, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial of       Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update for binutils to 2.31 fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2017-15996: readelf allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggered a buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header (bsc#1065643).

CVE-2017-15939: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) mishandled NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename (bsc#1065689).

CVE-2017-15938: the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) miscalculated DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash) (bsc#1065693).

CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068640).

CVE-2017-16832: The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate size and offset values in the data dictionary, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068643).

CVE-2017-16831: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the symbol count, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file (bsc#1068887).

CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function did not have integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068888).

CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not prevent negative pointers, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068950).

CVE-2017-16828: The display_debug_frames function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069176).

CVE-2017-16827: The aout_get_external_symbols function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069202).

CVE-2018-6323: The elf_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1077745).

CVE-2018-6543: Prevent integer overflow in the function load_specific_debug_section() which resulted in `malloc()` with 0 size. A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact (bsc#1079103).

CVE-2018-6759: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unchecked strnlen operation. Remote attackers could have leveraged this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1079741).

CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via a note with a large alignment (bsc#1080556).

CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) an index was not validated, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object (bsc#1081527).

CVE-2018-7570: The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1083528).

CVE-2018-7569: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF FORM block, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1083532).

CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section (bsc#1086608).

CVE-2018-7643: The display_debug_ranges function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objdump (bsc#1086784).

CVE-2018-7642: The swap_std_reloc_in function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1086786).

CVE-2018-7568: The parse_die function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1086788).

CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new (bsc#1090997).

CVE-2018-10372: process_cu_tu_index allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf (bsc#1091015).

CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a 'SECTION' type that has a '0' value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1091365).

CVE-2018-10534: The _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) processesed a negative Data Directory size with an unbounded loop that increased the value of (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the address exceeded its own memory region, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory write, as demonstrated by objcopy copying private info with
_bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in pex64igen.c (bsc#1091368).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
167457	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : binutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0087)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL 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
123342	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2019-808)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
121977	Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2018-2.0-0080	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
121870	Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2018-1.0-0171	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
120133	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3170-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120132	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119162	GLSA-201811-17 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
118337	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2018-1222)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
118303	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3207-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
118220	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2018-1198)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
118199	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2018:3207-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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