Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-18701 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in GNU Binutils 2.31

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
gnu
CWE-835
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. There is a stack consumption vulnerability resulting from infinite recursion in the functions next_is_type_qual() and cplus_demangle_type() in cp-demangle.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via an ELF file, as demonstrated by nm.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-2_0-0119_BINUTILS.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the binutils package has been released.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id122027
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122027
    titlePhoton OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0119
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2019-2.0-0119. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
    
    
    include('compat.inc');
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(122027);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2019/02/07");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2018-17794",
        "CVE-2018-18484",
        "CVE-2018-18605",
        "CVE-2018-18606",
        "CVE-2018-18607",
        "CVE-2018-18700",
        "CVE-2018-18701"
      );
    
      script_name(english:"Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0119");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "An update of the binutils package has been released.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-119.md");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Update the affected Linux packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-18605");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/01/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/07");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:binutils");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:2.0");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    
    release = get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS");
    if (release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 2.0");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31-2.ph2")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "binutils");
    }
    
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4326-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-04-16
    modified2020-04-10
    plugin id135398
    published2020-04-10
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135398
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-4326-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4326-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(135398);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/14");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12641", "CVE-2018-12697", "CVE-2018-12698", "CVE-2018-12934", "CVE-2018-17794", "CVE-2018-17985", "CVE-2018-18483", "CVE-2018-18484", "CVE-2018-18700", "CVE-2018-18701", "CVE-2018-9138", "CVE-2019-14250", "CVE-2019-9070", "CVE-2019-9071");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4326-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-4326-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain
    binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
    specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to
    cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
    possibly execute arbitrary code.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected libiberty-dev package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libiberty-dev");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/03/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libiberty-dev", pkgver:"20160215-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"libiberty-dev", pkgver:"20170913-1ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libiberty-dev");
    }
    
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4336-1.NASL
    descriptionIt 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. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2020-04-24
    plugin id135966
    published2020-04-24
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135966
    titleUbuntu 18.04 LTS : binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4336-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(135966);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000876", "CVE-2018-10372", "CVE-2018-10373", "CVE-2018-10534", "CVE-2018-10535", "CVE-2018-12641", "CVE-2018-12697", "CVE-2018-12698", "CVE-2018-12699", "CVE-2018-12700", "CVE-2018-12934", "CVE-2018-13033", "CVE-2018-17358", "CVE-2018-17359", "CVE-2018-17360", "CVE-2018-17794", "CVE-2018-17985", "CVE-2018-18309", "CVE-2018-18483", "CVE-2018-18484", "CVE-2018-18605", "CVE-2018-18606", "CVE-2018-18607", "CVE-2018-18700", "CVE-2018-18701", "CVE-2018-19931", "CVE-2018-19932", "CVE-2018-20002", "CVE-2018-20623", "CVE-2018-20651", "CVE-2018-20671", "CVE-2018-8945", "CVE-2018-9138", "CVE-2019-12972", "CVE-2019-14250", "CVE-2019-14444", "CVE-2019-17450", "CVE-2019-17451", "CVE-2019-9070", "CVE-2019-9071", "CVE-2019-9073", "CVE-2019-9074", "CVE-2019-9075", "CVE-2019-9077");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4336-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "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.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected binutils and / or binutils-multiarch packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/03/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(18\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 18.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"binutils", pkgver:"2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"binutils-multiarch", pkgver:"2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "binutils / binutils-multiarch");
    }