golang: malicious symbol names can lead to code execution at build time

An input validation vulnerability was found in Go. From a generated go file from the cgo tool, it is possible to modify symbols within that object file and specify code. This flaw allows an attacker to create a repository that includes malicious pre-built object files that could execute arbitrary...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: binutils-2.31.1-17.fc29

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar for creating, modifying and extracting from archives, as a family of GNU assemblers, gprof for displaying call graph profile data, ld the GNU linker, nm for listing symbols from object files, objcopy for copying and translating object...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17080

elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, does not validate sizes of core notes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service bfdgetl32 heap-based buffer over-read and application crash via a crafted object file, related to...

Apple Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-32725)

Apple Xcode is a set of integrated development environments IDEs provided by Apple to developers for Mac OS X and iOS applications. ld64 is one of the linker components. A security vulnerability exists in the ld64 component in versions of Apple Xcode prior to 9. A remote attacker can exploit this...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7210

objdump in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to multiple heap-based buffer over-reads of size 1 and size 8 while handling corrupt STABS enum type strings in a crafted object file, leading to program crash...

[ASA-201611-17] libgit2: denial of service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201611-17 ========================================== Severity: Low Date : 2016-11-16 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 Package : libgit2 Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE Summary ======= The package libgit2...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: binutils-2.26-18.fc24

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar for creating, modifying and extracting from archives, as a family of GNU assemblers, gprof for displaying call graph profile data, ld the GNU linker, nm for listing symbols from object files, objcopy for copying and translating object...

CVE-2015-1015

Omron CX-One CX-Programmer before 9.6, CJ2M PLC devices before 2.1, and CJ2H PLC devices before 1.5 use a reversible format for password storage in object files on Compact Flash cards, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-2496-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2496-1 advisory. Michal Zalewski discovered that the setupgroup function in libbfd in GNU binutils did not properly check group headers in ELF files. An attacker could u...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cross-binutils-2.25-3.fc20

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar for creating, modifying and extracting from archives, as a family of GNU assemblers, gprof for displaying call graph profile data, ld the GNU linker, nm for listing symbols from object files, objcopy for copying and translating object...

Fedora Update for elfutils FEDORA-2014-5015

Check for the Version of elfutils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for elfutils FEDORA-2014-5015 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: ghdl-0.31-1.fc19

GHDL is a VHDL simulator, using the GCC technology. VHDL is a language standardized by the IEEE, intended for developing electronic systems. GHDL implements the VHDL language according to the IEEE 1076-1987 or the IEEE 1076-1993 standard. It compiles VHDL files and creates a binary that simula te...

About shellcodes

In this post we have documented a beginners introduction to shellcode writing. We go from zero to a super simple shellcode using tools you may find already installed in any serious operating system. If you are looking for a digested and more mature way of generating shellcode you should check...

CVE-2010-4296

vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 does not properly load libraries, which allows host OS users to gain privileges via...

Design/Logic Flaw

vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 does not properly load libraries, which allows host OS users to gain privileges via...

CVE-2010-4296

vmware-mount in VMware Workstation 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Linux, VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux, and VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.2 build 332101 does not properly load libraries, which allows host OS users to gain privileges via...

PT-2010-5404 · Vmware · Vmware Server +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VMware Workstation versions 7.0 through 7.1.2 build 301547 VMware Player versions 3.1.x through 3.1.1 build 301547 VMware Server version 2.0.2 VMware Fusion versions 3.1.x through 3.1.1 build 332100 Description: The issue is related to the...

security flaw

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...

security flaw

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...

security flaw

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...