Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-17450 - Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
gnu
opensuse
canonical
CWE-674
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-10-10
Updated: 2023-02-27

Summary

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Vulnerable Configurations

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

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • XML Nested Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By nesting XML data and causing this data to be continuously self-referential, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In most cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it may be possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.230.1].
  • XML Oversized Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By supplying oversized payloads in input vectors that will be processed by the XML parser, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization, and potentially cause execution of arbitrary code. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In many cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it is possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.231.1].
  • Violating Implicit Assumptions Regarding XML Content (aka XML Denial of Service (XDoS))
    XML Denial of Service (XDoS) can be applied to any technology that utilizes XML data. This is, of course, most distributed systems technology including Java, .Net, databases, and so on. XDoS is most closely associated with web services, SOAP, and Rest, because remote service requesters can post malicious XML payloads to the service provider designed to exhaust the service provider's memory, CPU, and/or disk space. The main weakness in XDoS is that the service provider generally must inspect, parse, and validate the XML messages to determine routing, workflow, security considerations, and so on. It is exactly these inspection, parsing, and validation routines that XDoS targets. There are three primary attack vectors that XDoS can navigate Target CPU through recursion: attacker creates a recursive payload and sends to service provider Target memory through jumbo payloads: service provider uses DOM to parse XML. DOM creates in memory representation of XML document, but when document is very large (for example, north of 1 Gb) service provider host may exhaust memory trying to build memory objects. XML Ping of death: attack service provider with numerous small files that clog the system. All of the above attacks exploit the loosely coupled nature of web services, where the service provider has little to no control over the service requester and any messages the service requester sends.
  • XML Parser Attack
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. These adverse effects may include the parser crashing, consuming too much of a resource, executing too slowly, executing code supplied by an attacker, allowing usage of unintended system functionality, etc. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In some cases it may be possible to jump from the data plane to the control plane via bad data being passed to an XML parser. [R.99.1]

Nessus

  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-1_0-0257_BINUTILS.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the binutils package has been released.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id132521
    published2019-12-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132521
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-1.0-0257
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2019-1.0-0257. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(132521);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-17450", "CVE-2019-17451");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-1.0-0257");

  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-1.0-257.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:N/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-2019-17451");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/31");

  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:1.0");
  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) 1\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 1.0");

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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-1.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-2.32-2.ph1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-1.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.32-2.ph1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-1.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-devel-2.32-2.ph1")) 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-2019-2276.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 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451) - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2019-17450) 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
    modified2019-11-27
    plugin id131342
    published2019-11-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131342
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP8 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2276)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(131342);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/01");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2019-17450",
    "CVE-2019-17451"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2276)");
  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 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a
    SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as
    demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451)

  - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File
    Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed
    in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause
    a denial of service (infinite recursion and application
    crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2019-17450)

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-2019-2276
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3fe822d1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected binutils 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:N/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:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/27");

  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.h8.eulerosv2r8",
        "binutils-devel-2.31.1-13.h8.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 familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-2_0-0190_BINUTILS.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the binutils package has been released.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id132531
    published2019-12-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132531
    titlePhoton OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0190
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2019-2.0-0190. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(132531);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-17450", "CVE-2019-17451");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 2.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-2.0-0190");

  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-2-190.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:N/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-2019-17451");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/31");

  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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-2.32-2.ph2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-debuginfo-2.32-2.ph2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"binutils-devel-2.32-2.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-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 familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1074.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 : - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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) - 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 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) - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451) - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2019-17450) - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id132828
    published2020-01-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132828
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1074)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(132828);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/15");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-1000876",
    "CVE-2018-18309",
    "CVE-2018-18605",
    "CVE-2018-18606",
    "CVE-2018-18607",
    "CVE-2018-20002",
    "CVE-2018-20671",
    "CVE-2019-1010180",
    "CVE-2019-12972",
    "CVE-2019-17450",
    "CVE-2019-17451"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1074)");
  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 :

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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 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)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor
    (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU
    Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a
    SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as
    demonstrated by nm.(CVE-2019-17451)

  - find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File
    Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed
    in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause
    a denial of service (infinite recursion and application
    crash) via a crafted ELF file.(CVE-2019-17450)

  - An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor
    (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU
    Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read
    in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in
    elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type
    SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0'
    character.(CVE-2019-12972)

  - load_specific_debug_section in objdump.c in GNU
    Binutils through 2.31.1 contains an integer overflow
    vulnerability that can trigger a heap-based buffer
    overflow via a crafted section size.(CVE-2018-20671)

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-2020-1074
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?043d6f7a");
  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:"2020/01/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/13");

  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:3.0.5.0");
  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 != "3.0.5.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.5.0");
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-2.31.1-13.h12.eulerosv2r8"];

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");
}

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