SB2014120843 - Code Injection in binutils (Alpine package)
Published: December 8, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014120843
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8485)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.