CVE-2014-8485 | BDVDB-2026-66604 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
- http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.