CVE-2014-8738

Publication date 15 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
binutils	14.10 utopic	Fixed 2.24.90.20141014-0ubuntu3.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu3.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.22-6ubuntu1.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.20.1-3ubuntu7.2

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
binutils	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f

References

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Launchpad
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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2496-1
GNU binutils vulnerabilities
9 February 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8738