8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
45.2%
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6381-1 advisory.
A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19724)
An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers to read or write to system memory or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-19726)
An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.34. It is a memory leak when process microblaze-dis.c. This one will consume memory on each insn disassembled. (CVE-2020-21490)
GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file opcodes/tic4x-dis.c) which could allow attackers to make an information leak. (CVE-2020-35342)
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c. (CVE-2022-44840)
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function display_debug_section in file readelf.c. (CVE-2022-45703)
An issue was discovered Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via function bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab in match-o.c. (CVE-2022-47695)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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- A memory consumption issue in get_data function in binutils/nm.c in GNU nm before 2.34 allows attackers to
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- An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data allows attackers
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- An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.34. It is a memory leak when process microblaze-dis.c. This one
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- GNU Binutils before 2.34 has an uninitialized-heap vulnerability in function tic4x_print_cond (file
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- Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. (CVE-2021-46174)
- Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in
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- Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function display_debug_section in
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- An issue was discovered Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or
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var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
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if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
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{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils', 'pkgver': '2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7'},
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var flag = 0;
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var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
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if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
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}
if (flag)
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port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
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else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'binutils / binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu / binutils-alpha-linux-gnu / etc');
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Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-common | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-for-build | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-for-host | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-host |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-hppa-linux-gnu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-hppa-linux-gnu |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-i686-gnu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-gnu |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-i686-linux-gnu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-i686-linux-gnu |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | binutils-m68k-linux-gnu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-m68k-linux-gnu |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-19724
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-19726
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-21490
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35342
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-46174
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44840
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45703
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-47695
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1