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Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-552-1)

🗓️ 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'binutils' package(s) announced via the DLA-552-1 advisory. Some minor security issues have been identified and fixed in binutils in Debian LTS related to buffer overflows, invalid writes, integer overflow, and access violations

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.552");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9939", "CVE-2016-2226", "CVE-2016-4487", "CVE-2016-4488", "CVE-2016-4489", "CVE-2016-4490", "CVE-2016-4492", "CVE-2016-4493", "CVE-2016-6131");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-03-08 12:56:44 +0000 (Wed, 08 Mar 2023)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-03-22 19:12:00 +0000 (Wed, 22 Mar 2017)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-552-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DLA-552-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2016/DLA-552-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wiki.debian.org/LTS");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'binutils' package(s) announced via the DLA-552-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Some minor security issues have been identified and fixed in binutils in Debian LTS. These are:

CVE-2016-2226

Exploitable buffer overflow.

CVE-2016-4487

Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array btypevec.

CVE-2016-4488

Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array ktypevec.

CVE-2016-4489

Invalid write due to integer overflow.

CVE-2016-4490

Write access violation.

CVE-2016-4492

Write access violations.

CVE-2016-4493

Read access violations.

CVE-2016-6131

Stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2.22-8+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your binutils packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'binutils' package(s) on Debian 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB7") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils-dev", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils-doc", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils-gold", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils-multiarch", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"binutils-source", ver:"2.22-8+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 27.5
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EPSS0.07267
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