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HistoryApr 24, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-1)

2020-04-2400:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
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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 (! ('18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 18.04', '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': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils', 'pkgver': '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-alpha-linux-gnu', 'pkgver': '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3'},
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    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-dev', 'pkgver': '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'binutils-for-build', 'pkgver': '2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3'},
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var flag = 0;
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  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
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  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();
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