It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Valgrind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4491).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: Exploitable buffer overflow (CVE-2016-2226)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to btypevec. (CVE-2016-4487)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to ktypevec. (CVE-2016-4488)

  - Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to the demangling of virtual     tables. (CVE-2016-4489)

  - Integer overflow in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to inconsistent use of the long and int types     for lengths. (CVE-2016-4490)

  - The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a     buffer overflow, related to a node having itself as ancestor more than once. (CVE-2016-4491)

  - Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary. (CVE-2016-4492)

  - The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.
    (CVE-2016-4493)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: Exploitable buffer overflow (CVE-2016-2226)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to btypevec. (CVE-2016-4487)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to ktypevec. (CVE-2016-4488)

  - Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to the demangling of virtual     tables. (CVE-2016-4489)

  - Integer overflow in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to inconsistent use of the long and int types     for lengths. (CVE-2016-4490)

  - The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a     buffer overflow, related to a node having itself as ancestor more than once. (CVE-2016-4491)

  - Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary. (CVE-2016-4492)

  - The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.
    (CVE-2016-4493)

  - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and     memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

  - **DISPUTED**A failure in the -fstack-protector feature in GCC-based toolchains that target AArch64 allows     an attacker to exploit an existing buffer overflow in dynamically-sized local variables in your     application without this being detected. This stack-protector failure only applies to C99-style     dynamically-sized local variables or those created using alloca(). The stack-protector operates as     intended for statically-sized local variables. The default behavior when the stack-protector detects an     overflow is to terminate your application, resulting in controlled loss of availability. An attacker who     can exploit a buffer overflow without triggering the stack-protector might be able to change program flow     control to cause an uncontrolled loss of availability or to go further and affect confidentiality or     integrity. NOTE: The GCC project argues that this is a missed hardening bug and not a vulnerability by     itself. (CVE-2023-4039)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Some minor security issues have been identified and fixed in binutils in Debian LTS. These are :

CVE-2016-2226

Exploitable buffer overflow.

CVE-2016-4487

Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array btypevec.

CVE-2016-4488

Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array ktypevec.

CVE-2016-4489

Invalid write due to integer overflow.

CVE-2016-4490

Write access violation.

CVE-2016-4492

Write access violations.

CVE-2016-4493

Read access violations.

CVE-2016-6131

Stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.22-8+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your binutils packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Hanno Bock discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: Exploitable buffer overflow (CVE-2016-2226)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to btypevec. (CVE-2016-4487)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to ktypevec. (CVE-2016-4488)

  - Integer overflow in the gnu_special function in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to the demangling of virtual     tables. (CVE-2016-4489)

  - Integer overflow in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, related to inconsistent use of the long and int types     for lengths. (CVE-2016-4490)

  - The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a     buffer overflow, related to a node having itself as ancestor more than once. (CVE-2016-4491)

  - Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary. (CVE-2016-4492)

  - The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.
    (CVE-2016-4493)

  - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and     memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

  - **DISPUTED**A failure in the -fstack-protector feature in GCC-based toolchains that target AArch64 allows     an attacker to exploit an existing buffer overflow in dynamically-sized local variables in your     application without this being detected. This stack-protector failure only applies to C99-style     dynamically-sized local variables or those created using alloca(). The stack-protector operates as     intended for statically-sized local variables. The default behavior when the stack-protector detects an     overflow is to terminate your application, resulting in controlled loss of availability. An attacker who     can exploit a buffer overflow without triggering the stack-protector might be able to change program flow     control to cause an uncontrolled loss of availability or to go further and affect confidentiality or     integrity. NOTE: The GCC project argues that this is a missed hardening bug and not a vulnerability by     itself. (CVE-2023-4039)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
100989	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Valgrind vulnerabilities (USN-3337-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/22/2017	10/20/2023	high
102016	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-3368-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/27/2017	10/20/2023	high
196789	RHEL 5 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	high
196817	RHEL 7 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	high
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/21/2021	10/20/2023	critical
92380	Debian DLA-552-1 : binutils security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	7/19/2016	1/11/2021	high
102015	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : gdb vulnerabilities (USN-3367-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/27/2017	10/20/2023	critical
196842	RHEL 6 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	high

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