The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4336-2 advisory.

    USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update     for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

An update of the crash package has been released.

GNU binutil was updated to the 2.29.1 release, bringing various new features, fixing a lot of bugs and security issues. Following security issues are being addressed by this release :

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729 Update to binutils     2.29. [fate#321454, fate#321494, fate#323293] :

  - The MIPS port now supports microMIPS eXtended Physical     Addressing (XPA) instructions for assembly and     disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the microMIPS Release 5 ISA     for assembly and disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the Imagination interAptiv     MR2 processor, which implements the MIPS32r3 ISA, the     MIPS16e2 ASE as well as a couple of     implementation-specific regular MIPS and MIPS16e2 ASE     instructions.

  - The SPARC port now supports the SPARC M8 processor,     which implements the Oracle SPARC Architecture 2017.

  - The MIPS port now supports the MIPS16e2 ASE for assembly     and disassembly.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for the wasm32 ELF conversion of the     WebAssembly file format.

  - Add --inlines option to objdump, which extends the
    --line-numbers option so that inlined functions will     display their nesting information.

  - Add --merge-notes options to objcopy to reduce the size     of notes in a binary file by merging and deleting     redundant notes.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND.

  - Add support for the WebAssembly file format and wasm32     ELF conversion.

  - PowerPC gas now checks that the correct register class     is used in instructions. For instance, 'addi     %f4,%cr3,%r31' warns three times that the registers are     invalid.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - Support for the ARMv8-R architecture and Cortex-R52     processor has been added to the ARM port.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Support for -z shstk in the x86 ELF linker to generate     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Support for -z ibtplt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT.

  - Support for -z ibt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT as well as     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for ELF GNU program properties.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - When configuring for arc*-*-linux* targets the default     linker emulation will change if --with-cpu=nps400 is     used at configure time.

  - Improve assignment of LMAs to orphan sections in some     edge cases where a mixture of both AT>LMA_REGION and     AT(LMA) are used.

  - Orphan sections placed after an empty section that has     an AT(LMA) will now take an load memory address starting     from LMA.

  - Section groups can now be resolved (the group deleted     and the group members placed like normal sections) at     partial link time either using the new linker option
    --force-group-allocation or by placing     FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION into the linker script.

  - Add riscv64 target, tested with gcc7 and downstream     newlib 2.4.0

  - Prepare riscv32 target (gh#riscv/riscv-newlib#8)

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282] Minor     security bugs fixed: PR 21147, PR 21148, PR 21149, PR     21150, PR 21151, PR 21155, PR 21158, PR 21159

  - Update to binutils 2.28.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC     VLE 16A and 16D relocations which were functionally     swapped, for example, R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16A. This could have been fixed by     renumbering relocations, which would keep object files     created by an older version of gas compatible with a     newer ld. However, that would require an ABI update,     affecting other assemblers and linkers that create and     process the relocations correctly. It is recommended     that all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can     modify the relocations if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to     ld. If the new ld command line option is not used, ld     will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent with     the instructions being relocated.

  - The nm program has a new command line option     (--with-version-strings) which will display a symbol's     version information, if any, after the symbol's name.

  - The ARC port of objdump now accepts a -M option to     specify the extra instruction class(es) that should be     disassembled.

  - The --remove-section option for objcopy and strip now     accepts section patterns starting with an exclamation     point to indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching     section is removed from the set of sections matched by     an earlier --remove-section pattern.

  - The --only-section option for objcopy now accepts     section patterns starting with an exclamation point to     indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching section     is removed from the set of sections matched by an     earlier --only-section pattern.

  - New --remove-relocations=SECTIONPATTERN option for     objcopy and strip. This option can be used to remove     sections containing relocations. The SECTIONPATTERN is     the section to which the relocations apply, not the     relocation section itself.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - Add support for the ARM Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33     processors.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - The EXCLUDE_FILE linker script construct can now be     applied outside of the section list in order for the     exclusions to apply over all input sections in the list.

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - The command line option --no-eh-frame-hdr can now be     used in ELF based linkers to disable the automatic     generation of .eh_frame_hdr sections.

  - Add --in-implib=<infile> to the ARM linker to enable     specifying a set of Secure Gateway veneers that must     exist in the output import library specified by
    --out-implib=<outfile> and the address they must have.
    As such, --in-implib is only supported in combination     with --cmse-implib.

  - Extended the --out-implib=<file> option, previously     restricted to x86 PE targets, to any ELF based target.
    This allows the generation of an import library for an     ELF executable, which can then be used by another     application to link against the executable.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.

  - Add --orphan-handling option.

  - Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).

  - Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm     only).

  - Add -z stack-size option.

  - Add --be8 option (Arm only).

  - Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.

  - Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.

  - Other fixes :

  - Fix section alignment on .gnu_debuglink. [bso#21193]

  - Add s390x to gold_archs.

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846)

  - Call ldconfig for libbfd

  - Fix an assembler problem with clang on ARM.

  - Restore monotonically increasing section offsets.

  - Update to binutils 2.27.

  - Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to     force use of a 64-bit format when creating an archive     symbol index.

  - Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets     to control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type.

  - GAS specific :

  - Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for     Linux/x86 targets.

  - Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding     the end of output sections up to their alignment     boundary.

  - Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to     the ARM port. Support for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP     Extensions has also been added to the ARM port.

  - ARC backend accepts .extInstruction, .extCondCode,     .extAuxRegister, and .extCoreRegister pseudo-ops that     allow an user to define custom instructions, conditional     codes, auxiliary and core registers.

  - Add a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common to decide     whether ELF assembler should generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type by default. Default to no.

  - New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF     targets to control whether to generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type.

  - Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric     values for ELF based targets.

  - Add a configure option --enable-x86-relax-relocations to     decide whether x86 assembler should generate relax     relocations by default. Default to yes, except for x86     Solaris targets older than Solaris 12.

  - New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86     target to control whether to generate relax relocations.

  - New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86     target to encode lfence, mfence and sfence as 'lock addl     $0x0, (%[re]sp)'.

  - Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus.

  - Add --with-cpu=TYPE configure option for ARC gas. This     allows the default cpu type to be adjusted at configure     time.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled by default. Default to yes.

  - Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx     architectures.

  - Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.

  - Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled in ELF linker by default.
    Default to yes for all Linux targets except FRV, HPPA,     IA64 and MIPS.

  - Support for -z noreloc-overflow in the x86-64 ELF linker     to disable relocation overflow check.

  - Add -z common/-z nocommon options for ELF targets to     control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type during a relocatable link.

  - Support for -z nodynamic-undefined-weak in the x86 ELF     linker, which avoids dynamic relocations against     undefined weak symbols in executable.

  - The NOCROSSREFSTO command was added to the linker script     language.

  - Add --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to the AArch64 linker to     do not apply link-time values for dynamic     relocations.</file></outfile></infile>

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

According to the versions of the binutils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer     overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or     heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-17122)

  - The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not properly validate the size of the external string     table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based     buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF     binary.(CVE-2017-17124)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access     violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a     location after the end of the to-be-relocated     section.(CVE-2017-17121)

  - nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle     certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service     (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-17125)

  - The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate     size and offset values in the data dictionary, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation violation and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-16832)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of     a relocatable object file, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application     crash).(CVE-2017-15938)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9745)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer     dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8394)

  - The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a malformed tekhex     binary.(CVE-2017-12967)

  - The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as     demonstrated by mishandling within the nm     program.(CVE-2017-9954)

  - The get_build_id function in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     file in which a certain size field is larger than a     corresponding data field, as demonstrated by     mishandling within the objdump program.(CVE-2017-9955)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9041)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the     get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM     unwind information that contains invalid word     offsets.(CVE-2017-9038)

  - The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU     Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading     section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a     program crash.(CVE-2017-7209)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid     read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs     (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not     check the format of the input file before trying to     read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability     leads to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7299)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in     bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a     denial of service through a crafted PE file. This     vulnerability can be triggered by the executable     objdump.(CVE-2018-17360)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in     bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2018-17359)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in
    _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c.
    Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-17358)

  - The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF     based file.(CVE-2017-17123)

  - elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted object file, related to     elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,     elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and     elfcore_grok_nto_status.(CVE-2017-17080)

  - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak)     via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-15225)

  - process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file that contains a negative size value in a CU     structure.(CVE-2017-14934)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an     incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.(CVE-2017-15939)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14932)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does     not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or     out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a     crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and     parse_comp_unit.(CVE-2017-15022)

  - bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.(CVE-2017-15021)

  - Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14930)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15025)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     read_1_byte.(CVE-2017-14939)

  - scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14940)

  - _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive     memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file.(CVE-2017-14938)

  - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName     vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to     the bfd_getl16 function.(CVE-2017-14529)

  - The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14128)

  - The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14129)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted     ELF file with many program headers, related to the     get_program_headers function in     readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9039)

  - An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in     elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in     elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS     symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18607)

  - An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function     in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in
    _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge     sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service,     as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18606)

  - A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in     the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because
    _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when     size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18605)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a     SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as     demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451)

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

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer     overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or     heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-17122)

  - The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not properly validate the size of the external string     table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based     buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF     binary.(CVE-2017-17124)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access     violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a     location after the end of the to-be-relocated     section.(CVE-2017-17121)

  - nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle     certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service     (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-17125)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9745)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer     dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8394)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of     a relocatable object file, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application     crash).(CVE-2017-15938)

  - The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in peicode.h in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate     size and offset values in the data dictionary, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation violation and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-16832)

  - The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a malformed tekhex     binary.(CVE-2017-12967)

  - The get_build_id function in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     file in which a certain size field is larger than a     corresponding data field, as demonstrated by     mishandling within the objdump program.(CVE-2017-9955)

  - The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as     demonstrated by mishandling within the nm     program.(CVE-2017-9954)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9041)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted     ELF file with many program headers, related to the     get_program_headers function in     readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9039)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the     get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM     unwind information that contains invalid word     offsets.(CVE-2017-9038)

  - The dump_section_as_bytes function in readelf in GNU     Binutils 2.28 accesses a NULL pointer while reading     section contents in a corrupt binary, leading to a     program crash.(CVE-2017-7209)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid     read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs     (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not     check the format of the input file before trying to     read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability     leads to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7299)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. a heap-based buffer over-read in     bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c allows an attacker to cause a     denial of service through a crafted PE file. This     vulnerability can be triggered by the executable     objdump.(CVE-2018-17360)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in     bfd_zalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2018-17359)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in
    _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line in syms.c.
    Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-17358)

  - The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF     based file.(CVE-2017-17123)

  - elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted object file, related to     elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,     elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and     elfcore_grok_nto_status.(CVE-2017-17080)

  - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak)     via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-15225)

  - process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file that contains a negative size value in a CU     structure.(CVE-2017-14934)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     mishandles NULL files in a .debug_line file table,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     concat_filename. NOTE: this issue is caused by an     incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15023.(CVE-2017-15939)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14932)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does     not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or     out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a     crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and     parse_comp_unit.(CVE-2017-15022)

  - bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.(CVE-2017-15021)

  - Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14930)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15025)

  - scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14940)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     read_1_byte.(CVE-2017-14939)

  - _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive     memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file.(CVE-2017-14938)

  - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName     vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to     the bfd_getl16 function.(CVE-2017-14529)

  - The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14129)

  - The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14128)

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

GNU binutil was updated to the 2.29.1 release, bringing various new features, fixing a lot of bugs and security issues.

Following security issues are being addressed by this release :

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209 

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729

Update to binutils 2.29. [fate#321454, fate#321494, fate#323293] :

  - The MIPS port now supports microMIPS eXtended Physical     Addressing (XPA) instructions for assembly and     disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the microMIPS Release 5 ISA     for assembly and disassembly.

  - The MIPS port now supports the Imagination interAptiv     MR2 processor, which implements the MIPS32r3 ISA, the     MIPS16e2 ASE as well as a couple of     implementation-specific regular MIPS and MIPS16e2 ASE     instructions.

  - The SPARC port now supports the SPARC M8 processor,     which implements the Oracle SPARC Architecture 2017.

  - The MIPS port now supports the MIPS16e2 ASE for assembly     and disassembly.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for the wasm32 ELF conversion of the     WebAssembly file format.

  - Add --inlines option to objdump, which extends the
    --line-numbers option so that inlined functions will     display their nesting information.

  - Add --merge-notes options to objcopy to reduce the size     of notes in a binary file by merging and deleting     redundant notes.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND.

  - Add support for the WebAssembly file format and wasm32     ELF conversion.

  - PowerPC gas now checks that the correct register class     is used in instructions. For instance, 'addi     %f4,%cr3,%r31' warns three times that the registers are     invalid.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - Support for the ARMv8-R architecture and Cortex-R52     processor has been added to the ARM port.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Support for -z shstk in the x86 ELF linker to generate     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF     GNU program properties in the x86 ELF linker.

  - Support for -z ibtplt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT.

  - Support for -z ibt in the x86 ELF linker to generate     IBT-enabled PLT as well as     GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT in ELF GNU program     properties.

  - Add support for ELF SHF_GNU_MBIND and PT_GNU_MBIND_XXX.

  - Add support for ELF GNU program properties.

  - Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.

  - When configuring for arc*-*-linux* targets the default     linker emulation will change if --with-cpu=nps400 is     used at configure time.

  - Improve assignment of LMAs to orphan sections in some     edge cases where a mixture of both AT>LMA_REGION and     AT(LMA) are used.

  - Orphan sections placed after an empty section that has     an AT(LMA) will now take an load memory address starting     from LMA.

  - Section groups can now be resolved (the group deleted     and the group members placed like normal sections) at     partial link time either using the new linker option
    --force-group-allocation or by placing     FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION into the linker script.

  - Add riscv64 target, tested with gcc7 and downstream     newlib 2.4.0

  - Prepare riscv32 target (gh#riscv/riscv-newlib#8)

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282]

    Minor security bugs fixed: PR 21147, PR 21148, PR 21149,     PR 21150, PR 21151, PR 21155, PR 21158, PR 21159

  - Update to binutils 2.28.

  - Add support for locating separate debug info files using     the build-id method, where the separate file has a name     based upon the build-id of the original file.

  - This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC     VLE 16A and 16D relocations which were functionally     swapped, for example, R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D performed like     R_PPC_VLE_HA16A. This could have been fixed by     renumbering relocations, which would keep object files     created by an older version of gas compatible with a     newer ld. However, that would require an ABI update,     affecting other assemblers and linkers that create and     process the relocations correctly. It is recommended     that all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can     modify the relocations if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to     ld. If the new ld command line option is not used, ld     will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent with     the instructions being relocated.

  - The nm program has a new command line option     (--with-version-strings) which will display a symbol's     version information, if any, after the symbol's name.

  - The ARC port of objdump now accepts a -M option to     specify the extra instruction class(es) that should be     disassembled.

  - The --remove-section option for objcopy and strip now     accepts section patterns starting with an exclamation     point to indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching     section is removed from the set of sections matched by     an earlier --remove-section pattern.

  - The --only-section option for objcopy now accepts     section patterns starting with an exclamation point to     indicate a non-matching section. A non-matching section     is removed from the set of sections matched by an     earlier --only-section pattern.

  - New --remove-relocations=SECTIONPATTERN option for     objcopy and strip. This option can be used to remove     sections containing relocations. The SECTIONPATTERN is     the section to which the relocations apply, not the     relocation section itself.

  - GAS specific :

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - Add support for the ARM Cortex-M23 and Cortex-M33     processors.

  - GNU ld specific :

  - The EXCLUDE_FILE linker script construct can now be     applied outside of the section list in order for the     exclusions to apply over all input sections in the list.

  - Add support for the RISC-V architecture.

  - The command line option --no-eh-frame-hdr can now be     used in ELF based linkers to disable the automatic     generation of .eh_frame_hdr sections.

  - Add --in-implib=<infile> to the ARM linker to enable     specifying a set of Secure Gateway veneers that must     exist in the output import library specified by
    --out-implib=<outfile> and the address they must have.
    As such, --in-implib is only supported in combination     with --cmse-implib.

  - Extended the --out-implib=<file> option, previously     restricted to x86 PE targets, to any ELF based target.
    This allows the generation of an import library for an     ELF executable, which can then be used by another     application to link against the executable.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.

  - Add --orphan-handling option.

  - Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).

  - Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm     only).

  - Add -z stack-size option.

  - Add --be8 option (Arm only).

  - Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.

  - Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.

  - Other fixes :

  - Fix section alignment on .gnu_debuglink. [bso#21193]

  - Add s390x to gold_archs.

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846)

  - Call ldconfig for libbfd

  - Fix an assembler problem with clang on ARM.

  - Restore monotonically increasing section offsets.

  - Update to binutils 2.27.

  - Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to     force use of a 64-bit format when creating an archive     symbol index.

  - Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets     to control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type.

  - GAS specific :

  - Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for     Linux/x86 targets.

  - Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding     the end of output sections up to their alignment     boundary.

  - Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to     the ARM port. Support for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP     Extensions has also been added to the ARM port.

  - ARC backend accepts .extInstruction, .extCondCode,     .extAuxRegister, and .extCoreRegister pseudo-ops that     allow an user to define custom instructions, conditional     codes, auxiliary and core registers.

  - Add a configure option --enable-elf-stt-common to decide     whether ELF assembler should generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type by default. Default to no.

  - New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF     targets to control whether to generate common symbols     with the STT_COMMON type.

  - Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric     values for ELF based targets.

  - Add a configure option --enable-x86-relax-relocations to     decide whether x86 assembler should generate relax     relocations by default. Default to yes, except for x86     Solaris targets older than Solaris 12.

  - New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86     target to control whether to generate relax relocations.

  - New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86     target to encode lfence, mfence and sfence as 'lock addl     $0x0, (%[re]sp)'.

  - Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus.

  - Add --with-cpu=TYPE configure option for ARC gas. This     allows the default cpu type to be adjusted at configure     time.

  - GOLD specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled by default. Default to yes.

  - Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx     architectures.

  - Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.

  - Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).

  - GNU ld specific :

  - Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether
    -z relro should be enabled in ELF linker by default.
    Default to yes for all Linux targets except FRV, HPPA,     IA64 and MIPS.

  - Support for -z noreloc-overflow in the x86-64 ELF linker     to disable relocation overflow check.

  - Add -z common/-z nocommon options for ELF targets to     control whether to convert common symbols to the     STT_COMMON type during a relocatable link.

  - Support for -z nodynamic-undefined-weak in the x86 ELF     linker, which avoids dynamic relocations against     undefined weak symbols in executable.

  - The NOCROSSREFSTO command was added to the linker script     language.

  - Add --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to the AArch64 linker to     do not apply link-time values for dynamic relocations.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out function in aoutx.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils before 2.31, allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault and application crash) via a     crafted file, as demonstrated by     objcopy.(CVE-2018-14038)

  - _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak)     via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-15225)

  - _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive     memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file.(CVE-2017-14938)

  - A heap-based buffer over-read issue was discovered in     the function sec_merge_hash_lookup in merge.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, because
    _bfd_add_merge_section mishandles section merges when     size is not a multiple of entsize. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18605)

  - An issue was discovered in cplus-dem.c in GNU     libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and     2.30. Stack Exhaustion occurs in the C++ demangling     functions provided by libiberty, and there are     recursive stack frames: demangle_nested_args,     demangle_args, do_arg, and do_type.(CVE-2018-9138)

  - An issue was discovered in elf_link_input_bfd in     elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in     elf_link_input_bfd when used for finding STT_TLS     symbols without any TLS section. A specially crafted     ELF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service, as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18607)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor     (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU     Binutils 2.32. It is an out-of-bounds read leading to a     SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c, when called from     pex64_get_runtime_function in     pei-x86_64.c.(CVE-2019-9074)

  - An issue was discovered in the merge_strings function     in merge.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.
    There is a NULL pointer dereference in
    _bfd_add_merge_section when attempting to merge     sections with large alignments. A specially crafted ELF     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service,     as demonstrated by ld.(CVE-2018-18606)

  - bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 in opncls.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted     ELF file, related to bfd_getl32.(CVE-2017-15021)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15025)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14932)

  - decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     read_1_byte.(CVE-2017-14939)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does     not validate the DW_AT_name data type, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (bfd_hash_hash NULL pointer dereference, or     out-of-bounds access, and application crash) via a     crafted ELF file, related to scan_unit_for_symbols and     parse_comp_unit.(CVE-2017-15022)

  - dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29,     miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of     a relocatable object file, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read,     segmentation fault, and application     crash).(CVE-2017-15938)

  - elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (bfd_getl32     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted object file, related to     elfcore_grok_netbsd_procinfo,     elfcore_grok_openbsd_procinfo, and     elfcore_grok_nto_status.(CVE-2017-17080)

  - elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library     (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has     a 'member access within null pointer' undefined     behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via an 'int     main() {return 0}' program.(CVE-2017-7614)

  - find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-15024)

  - GNU assembler in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     global buffer overflow (of size 1) while attempting to     unget an EOF character from the input stream,     potentially leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7223)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9041)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to     the byte_get_little_endian function in elfcomm.c, the     get_unwind_section_word function in readelf.c, and ARM     unwind information that contains invalid word     offsets.(CVE-2017-9038)

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted     ELF file with many program headers, related to the     get_program_headers function in     readelf.c.(CVE-2017-9039)

  - GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus     input script, leading to a program crash. This relates     to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in     ldlex.l.(CVE-2017-7227)

  - ihex.c in GNU Binutils before 2.26 contains a stack     buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex     objects.(CVE-2014-9939)

  - Memory leak in decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14930)

  - objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to multiple     heap-based buffer over-reads (of size 1 and size 8)     while handling corrupt STABS enum type strings in a     crafted object file, leading to program     crash.(CVE-2017-7210)

  - opcodes/i386-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not     consider the number of registers for bnd mode, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary     file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file     during 'objdump -D' execution.(CVE-2017-9755)

  - opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an     unbounded GETBYTE macro, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by     mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9751)

  - opcodes/rx-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 lacks bounds     checks for certain scale arrays, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9750)

  - process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF     file that contains a negative size value in a CU     structure.(CVE-2017-14934)

  - readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a     heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt     RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program     crashes. It may lead to an information leak as     well.(CVE-2017-6969)

  - scan_unit_for_symbols in dwarf2.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2017-14940)

  - The _bfd_coff_read_string_table function in coffgen.c     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka     libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does     not properly validate the size of the external string     table, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (excessive memory consumption, or heap-based     buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted COFF     binary.(CVE-2017-17124)

  - The _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols function in syms.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, has a memory leak     via a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service     (memory consumption), as demonstrated by     nm.(CVE-2018-20002)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_eeom function in libbfd.c in the     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows     remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read     via a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12453)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows     remote attackers to cause an arbitrary memory read via     a crafted vms alpha file.(CVE-2017-12454)

  - The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and application crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated     by mishandling of this file during 'objdump -D'     execution.(CVE-2017-9745)

  - The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in opncls.c in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, has an unchecked     strnlen operation. Remote attackers could leverage this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service     (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF     file.(CVE-2018-6759)

  - The bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc function in     bfd/mach-o-i386.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)     library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils     2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an     out of bounds heap read via a crafted mach-o     file.(CVE-2017-12452)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an     aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has     an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not     carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability     could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7301)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an     aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that is     vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read     (off-by-one) because of an incomplete check for invalid     string offsets while loading symbols, leading to a GNU     linker (ld) program crash.(CVE-2017-7300)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an invalid     read (of size 8) because the code to emit relocs     (bfd_elf_final_link function in bfd/elflink.c) does not     check the format of the input file before trying to     read the ELF reloc section header. The vulnerability     leads to a GNU linker (ld) program     crash.(CVE-2017-7299)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid read of size 4 due to NULL pointer     dereferencing of _bfd_elf_large_com_section. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8394)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to     an invalid write of size 8 because of missing a     malloc() return-value check to see if memory had     actually been allocated in the
    _bfd_generic_get_section_contents function. This     vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis     of binary programs using the libbfd library, such as     objcopy, to crash.(CVE-2017-8395)

  - The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access     violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a COFF binary in which a relocation refers to a     location after the end of the to-be-relocated     section.(CVE-2017-17121)

  - The coff_slurp_reloc_table function in coffcode.h in     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd),     as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and application crash) via a crafted COFF     based file.(CVE-2017-17123)

  - The decode_line_info function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (read_1_byte     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14128)

  - The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU     Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer     overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or     heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE     file.(CVE-2017-17122)

  - The elf_object_p function in elfcode.h in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, has an unsigned     integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication     is not used. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (application crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2018-6323)

  - The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU     Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main     file name and the directory name are both empty,     triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid     write, and leading to a program crash.(CVE-2017-7225)

  - The find_nearest_line function in objdump in GNU     Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to an invalid write (of     size 1) while disassembling a corrupt binary that     contains an empty function name, leading to a program     crash.(CVE-2017-7224)

  - The function coff_set_alignment_hook in coffcode.h in     Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a memory leak     vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion in     objdump via a crafted PE file. Additional validation in     dump_relocs_in_section in objdump.c can resolve     this.(CVE-2017-8421)

  - The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a malformed tekhex     binary.(CVE-2017-12967)

  - The getvalue function in tekhex.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted tekhex file, as     demonstrated by mishandling within the nm     program.(CVE-2017-9954)

  - The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the     strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program     crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size,     and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as     well.(CVE-2017-7226)

  - The pe_print_idata function in peXXigen.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles HintName     vector entries, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted PE file, related to     the bfd_getl16 function.(CVE-2017-14529)

  - The read_section function in dwarf2.c in the Binary     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as     distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (parse_comp_unit     heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via     a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2017-14129)

  - The read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info function in     rddbg.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier allows remote     attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a     crafted binary file.(CVE-2017-12456)

  - The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed     in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     application crash) via a group section that is too     small.(CVE-2017-13710)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-02 (Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review       References for additional information.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially       crafted ELF file, PE File, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial       of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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

  - GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to MIPS GOT mishandling in the process_mips_specific     function in readelf.c. (CVE-2017-9041)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/21/2021	10/29/2024	critical
203529	Photon OS 4.0: Crash PHSA-2023-4.0-0414	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	critical
203822	Photon OS 3.0: Crash PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	critical
104968	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2017:3170-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	1/6/2021	critical
134494	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1205)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	3/13/2020	1/6/2021	high
131604	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2450)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	critical
135628	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1466)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/16/2020	3/15/2024	critical
130838	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2129)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/12/2019	1/6/2021	high
105225	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2017-1330)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/14/2017	1/19/2021	critical
132275	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2558)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/19/2019	4/3/2024	critical
103270	GLSA-201709-02 : Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	9/18/2017	1/11/2021	critical
221271	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9041	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium

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