binutils 'peXXigen.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:70866

Info

binutils 'peXXigen.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 70866
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-8501
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 31 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 26 2017 07:08PM
Credit: Michal Zalewski
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 17.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
Oracle Linux 0
Oracle Enterprise Linux 7
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
IBM PowerKVM 3.1
IBM PowerKVM 2.1
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
binutils binutils 2.24
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

binutils 'peXXigen.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

binutils is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

binutils 2.24 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

binutils 'peXXigen.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

binutils 'peXXigen.c' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

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