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Debian DSA-3123-1 : binutils - security update

2015-01-1200:00:00
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CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.049

Percentile

92.9%

Multiple security issues have been found in binutils, a toolbox for binary file manipulation. These vulnerabilities include multiple memory safety errors, buffer overflows, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, the bypass of security restrictions, path traversal attack or denial of service.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3123. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(80444);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8484", "CVE-2014-8485", "CVE-2014-8501", "CVE-2014-8502", "CVE-2014-8503", "CVE-2014-8504", "CVE-2014-8737", "CVE-2014-8738");
  script_bugtraq_id(70714, 70741, 70761, 70866, 70868, 70869, 70908, 71083);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3123");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3123-1 : binutils - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple security issues have been found in binutils, a toolbox for
binary file manipulation. These vulnerabilities include multiple
memory safety errors, buffer overflows, use-after-frees and other
implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, the
bypass of security restrictions, path traversal attack or denial of
service."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/binutils"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the binutils packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.22-8+deb7u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/12");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-dev", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-doc", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-gold", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-multiarch", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-source", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"binutils-spu", reference:"2.22-8+deb7u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxbinutilsp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:binutils
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.049

Percentile

92.9%