binutils is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists in setup_group
function which allows a malicious user to cause an application crash.
lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html
secunia.com/advisories/62241
secunia.com/advisories/62746
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8485
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa