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60 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201612-24">
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<title>Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Binutils, the worst of which
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may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">binutils</product>
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<announced>December 08, 2016</announced>
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<revised>December 08, 2016: 1</revised>
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<bug>526626</bug>
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<access>local, remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-devel/binutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.25</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.25</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse
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binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor
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library, to do low-level manipulation.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
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possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of
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the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or overwrite arbitrary
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files.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/binutils-2.25"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8484">CVE-2014-8484</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8485">CVE-2014-8485</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8501">CVE-2014-8501</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8502">CVE-2014-8502</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8503">CVE-2014-8503</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8504">CVE-2014-8504</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8737">CVE-2014-8737</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8738">CVE-2014-8738</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:21:44 +0000">whissi</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:14:11 +0000">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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