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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-6381-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181560

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6381-1 advisory.

 - A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19724)

 - An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-19726)

 - An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.34. It is a memory leak when process microblaze-dis.c. This one will consume memory on each insn disassembled. (CVE-2020-21490)

 - GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c) which could allow attackers to make an information leak. (CVE-2020-35342)

 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)

 - Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c. (CVE-2022-44840)

 - Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function display_debug_section in file readelf.c. (CVE-2022-45703)

 - An issue was discovered Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via function bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab in match-o.c. (CVE-2022-47695)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181560

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6381-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2023

Updated: 9/18/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-19726

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbinutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabin32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-19724, CVE-2020-19726, CVE-2020-21490, CVE-2020-35342, CVE-2021-46174, CVE-2022-44840, CVE-2022-45703, CVE-2022-47695

USN: 6381-1