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.

  - binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in finish_stab in stabs.c (CVE-2018-12699)

  - The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record. (CVE-2014-8484)

  - The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers     in an ELF file. (CVE-2014-8485)

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

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.

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.

    Original advisory details:

    It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security

    issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

    specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to

    crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

    code.

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.

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.

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.

  - binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in finish_stab in stabs.c (CVE-2018-12699)

  - The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record. (CVE-2014-8484)

  - The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers     in an ELF file. (CVE-2014-8485)

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

An update of the crash package has been released.

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.

  - binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in finish_stab in stabs.c (CVE-2018-12699)

  - The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.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 file. (CVE-2017-12449)

  - The _bfd_xcoff_read_ar_hdr function in bfd/coff-rs6000.c and bfd/coff64-rs6000.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 stack read via a crafted COFF image file. (CVE-2017-12451)

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
200048	RHEL 6 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	critical
105225	openSUSE Security Update : binutils (openSUSE-2017-1330)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/14/2017	1/19/2021	critical
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/21/2021	7/10/2024	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
199993	RHEL 5 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	critical
203822	Photon OS 3.0: Crash PHSA-2023-3.0-0601	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	critical
203529	Photon OS 4.0: Crash PHSA-2023-4.0-0414	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	critical
199956	RHEL 7 : binutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	critical

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