CVE-2014-8738

Published: January 15, 2015Last modified: November 10, 2023

Description

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

Status

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f