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HistoryFeb 26, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-6655-1)

2024-02-2600:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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10
ubuntu
gnu binutils
vulnerabilities
usn-6655-1
denial of service
excessive memory consumption
crafted elf file
dns attack
memory leak

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.8%

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6655-1 advisory.

  • 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)

  • GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48063)

  • GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain a memory leak vulnerability var the function find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c. (CVE-2022-48065)

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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  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6655-1");

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"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
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  - 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)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the
    function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a
    DNS attack. (CVE-2022-48063)

  - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain a memory leak vulnerability var the function
    find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c. (CVE-2022-48065)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32");
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include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
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);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-alpha-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-common', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-dev', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-for-build', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-for-host', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-hppa-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-m68k-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-multiarch', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-multiarch-dev', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-s390x-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-sh4-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-source', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libbinutils', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libctf-nobfd0', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libctf0', 'pkgver': '2.34-6ubuntu1.9'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-alpha-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-common', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-dev', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-for-build', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-for-host', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-hppa-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-i686-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-m68k-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-multiarch', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-multiarch-dev', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-s390x-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-sh4-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-source', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libbinutils', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libctf-nobfd0', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libctf0', 'pkgver': '2.38-4ubuntu2.6'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'binutils / binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu / binutils-alpha-linux-gnu / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux20.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux22.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutilsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-aarch64-linux-gnup-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-alpha-linux-gnup-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-alpha-linux-gnu
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-arm-linux-gnueabip-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-arm-linux-gnueabihfp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-commonp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-common
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxbinutils-for-buildp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-for-build
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.8%