UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8738

The bfdslurpextendedname_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name: binutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.24-5ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1

2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1

2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1

2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

2.24-1ubuntu1

2.24-1ubuntu2

2.24-2ubuntu1

2.24-2ubuntu2

2.24-2ubuntu3

2.24-4ubuntu1

2.24-5ubuntu1

2.24-5ubuntu2

2.24-5ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-source",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "binutils-static",
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ]
}