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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8501

high Nessus Plugin ID 218476

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable. (CVE-2014-8501)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-8501

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8501

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 218476

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_8501.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 4/28/2026

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-binutils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:binutils220, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8501