SuSE 11.3 Security Update : binutils (SAT Patch Number 10214)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81076

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

binutils has been updated to fix eight security issues :

- Lack of range checking leading to controlled write in
_bfd_elf_setup_sections(). (CVE-2014-8485)

- Invalid read flaw in libbfd. (CVE-2014-8484)

- Write to uninitialized memory in the PE parser.
(CVE-2014-8501)

- Crash in the PE parser. (CVE-2014-8502)

- Segfault in the ihex parser when it encounters a malformed ihex file. (CVE-2014-8503)

- Stack buffer overflow in srec_scan. (CVE-2014-8504)

- Out-of-bounds memory write while processing a crafted 'ar' archive. (CVE-2014-8738)

- Directory traversal vulnerability allowing random file deletion/creation. (CVE-2014-8737)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10214.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81076

File Name: suse_11_binutils-201501-150122.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:binutils, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8484, CVE-2014-8485, CVE-2014-8501, CVE-2014-8502, CVE-2014-8503, CVE-2014-8504, CVE-2014-8737, CVE-2014-8738