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RHEL 2.1 : binutils (RHSA-2005:763)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20045

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated binutils package that fixes minor security issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools.

Several integer overflow bugs were found in binutils. If a user is tricked into processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such as readelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution of arbitrary code as the user running the utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1704 to this issue.

All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected binutils package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-1704

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:763

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20045

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-763.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1704

RHSA: 2005:763