CVE-2014-8738
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.045 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%
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.
Affected configurations
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
secunia.com/advisories/62241
secunia.com/advisories/62746
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.045 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%