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

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-12-09 23:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2014-8485

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8485

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8485


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

gnu

  • binutils
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')