ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2014-8485

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

References

  1. http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
  2. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
  3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
  4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
  5. http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
  6. http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
  7. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
  8. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
  9. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  10. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
  11. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
  12. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276
  13. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
  14. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510
  15. https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
  16. http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
  17. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
  18. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
  19. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
  20. http://secunia.com/advisories/62241