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CVE-2014-8485

The setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.

Published

2014-12-09T23:59:01.410

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	19	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	20	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes
Application	gnu	binutils	≤ 2.24	Yes

References

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html Exploit, Press/Media Coverage ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa ([email protected])
http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html Exploit, Press/Media Coverage (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)