<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-24"> <title>Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">binutils</product> <announced>2016-12-08</announced> <revised count="1">2016-12-08</revised> <bug>526626</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-devel/binutils" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.25</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.25</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or overwrite arbitrary files. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.25" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8484">CVE-2014-8484</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8485">CVE-2014-8485</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8501">CVE-2014-8501</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8502">CVE-2014-8502</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8503">CVE-2014-8503</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8504">CVE-2014-8504</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8737">CVE-2014-8737</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8738">CVE-2014-8738</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-25T00:21:44Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-08T13:14:11Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>