Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-14444 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
gnu
opensuse
canonical
netapp
CWE-190
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-07-30
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1
Application
Netapp
2
OS
Opensuse
2
OS
Canonical
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Nessus

  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2099.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service, as demonstrated by objdump, because of missing _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.(CVE-2018-18309) - 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 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) - binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer Overflow vulnerability in objdump, bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dyna mic_reloc that can result in Integer overflow trigger heap overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Local. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 3a551c7a1b80fca579461774860574eabfd7f18f.(CVE-2018-1000 876) - 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) - GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow - Out of bound memory access. The impact is: Deny of Service, Memory Disclosure, and Possible Code Execution. The component is: The main gdb module. The attack vector is: Open an ELF for debugging. The fixed version is: Not fixed yet.(CVE-2019-1010180) - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444) 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.
    last seen2020-05-03
    modified2019-11-12
    plugin id130808
    published2019-11-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130808
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP8 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2099)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(130808);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/01");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-1000876",
    "CVE-2018-18309",
    "CVE-2018-18605",
    "CVE-2018-18606",
    "CVE-2018-18607",
    "CVE-2018-20002",
    "CVE-2019-1010180",
    "CVE-2019-14444"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2099)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the
EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerabilities :

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor
    (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU
    Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory address dereference
    was discovered in read_reloc in reloc.c. The
    vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and
    application crash, which leads to denial of service, as
    demonstrated by objdump, because of missing
    _bfd_clear_contents bounds checking.(CVE-2018-18309)

  - 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 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)

  - binutils version 2.32 and earlier contains a Integer
    Overflow vulnerability in objdump,
    bfd_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound,bfd_canonicalize_dyna
    mic_reloc that can result in Integer overflow trigger
    heap overflow. Successful exploitation allows execution
    of arbitrary code.. This attack appear to be
    exploitable via Local. This vulnerability appears to
    have been fixed in after commit
    3a551c7a1b80fca579461774860574eabfd7f18f.(CVE-2018-1000
    876)

  - 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)

  - GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow -
    Out of bound memory access. The impact is: Deny of
    Service, Memory Disclosure, and Possible Code
    Execution. The component is: The main gdb module. The
    attack vector is: Open an ELF for debugging. The fixed
    version is: Not fixed yet.(CVE-2019-1010180)

  - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32
    contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to
    trigger a write access violation (in
    byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an
    ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444)

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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2099
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?225bde2c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected binutils packages.");
  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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei 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/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");

sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(8)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["binutils-2.31.1-13.h7.eulerosv2r8",
        "binutils-devel-2.31.1-13.h7.eulerosv2r8"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"8", reference:pkg)) 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 familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1593.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444) - 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) 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.
    last seen2020-06-03
    modified2020-05-26
    plugin id136871
    published2020-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136871
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1593)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(136871);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/02");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-20002",
    "CVE-2019-14444"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1593)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the
EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerabilities :

  - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32
    contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to
    trigger a write access violation (in
    byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an
    ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444)

  - 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)

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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2020-1593
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7c32df4a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected binutils 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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/06/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");

sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(5)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["binutils-2.27-28.base.1.h44.eulerosv2r7",
        "binutils-devel-2.27-28.base.1.h44.eulerosv2r7"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"5", reference:pkg)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    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 familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1548.NASL
    descriptionAccording 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 : - Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows HTTP Response Splitting. If a program using WEBrick inserts untrusted input into the response header, an attacker can exploit it to insert a newline character to split a header, and inject malicious content to deceive clients. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17742, which addressed the CRLF vector, but did not address an isolated CR or an isolated LF.(CVE-2019-9076) - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in elf_read_notes in elf.c.(CVE-2019-9074) - 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-2019-14250) - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.(CVE-2019-9071) - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer over-read in d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.(CVE-2019-9070) - The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.(CVE-2018-20657) - The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.(CVE-2018-18483) - 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) - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444) 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.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-01
    plugin id136251
    published2020-05-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136251
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1548)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(136251);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-18483",
    "CVE-2018-20002",
    "CVE-2018-20657",
    "CVE-2019-14250",
    "CVE-2019-14444",
    "CVE-2019-9070",
    "CVE-2019-9071",
    "CVE-2019-9074",
    "CVE-2019-9076"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1548)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 host is missing multiple security
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"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 :

  - Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x
    through 2.6.4 allows HTTP Response Splitting. If a
    program using WEBrick inserts untrusted input into the
    response header, an attacker can exploit it to insert a
    newline character to split a header, and inject
    malicious content to deceive clients. NOTE: this issue
    exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17742,
    which addressed the CRLF vector, but did not address an
    isolated CR or an isolated LF.(CVE-2019-9076)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor
    (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU
    Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory
    allocation in elf_read_notes in elf.c.(CVE-2019-9074)

  - 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-2019-14250)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as
    distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack
    consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in
    cp-demangle.c after many recursive
    calls.(CVE-2019-9071)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as
    distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based
    buffer over-read in d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c
    after many recursive calls.(CVE-2019-9070)

  - The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU
    libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a
    memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial
    of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by
    cxxfilt, a related issue to
    CVE-2018-12698.(CVE-2018-20657)

  - The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty,
    as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called
    with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation)
    or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
    string, as demonstrated by c++filt.(CVE-2018-18483)

  - 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)

  - apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32
    contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to
    trigger a write access violation (in
    byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an
    ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.(CVE-2019-14444)

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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2020-1548
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?da544abc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected binutils packages.");
  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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:binutils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (uvp != "3.0.2.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["binutils-2.27-28.base.1.h43"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) 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 familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-3_0-0026_BINUTILS.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the binutils package has been released.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128729
    published2019-09-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128729
    titlePhoton OS 3.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-3.0-0026
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2019-3.0-0026. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(128729);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-12972", "CVE-2019-14250", "CVE-2019-14444");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 3.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-3.0-0026");

  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-3.0-0026.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-2019-14444");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/08/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/12");

  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:3.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 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) 3\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 3.0");

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-3.0", reference:"binutils-2.31.1-6.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.31.1-6.ph3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-3.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.31.1-6.ph3")) 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-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");
}
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-2_0-0173_BINUTILS.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the binutils package has been released.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128734
    published2019-09-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128734
    titlePhoton OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0173
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2019-2.0-0173. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(128734);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/30");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-18309",
    "CVE-2019-9075",
    "CVE-2019-9077",
    "CVE-2019-12972",
    "CVE-2019-14250",
    "CVE-2019-14444",
    "CVE-2019-1010204"
  );

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0173");

  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-2-173.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: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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-9077");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/12");

  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 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-2.32-1.ph2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.32-1.ph2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:"binutils-devel-2.32-1.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");
}

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