USN-5762-1: GNU binutils vulnerability

23691

11 May 2023

11 May 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2022-38533

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain COFF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5762-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: binutils-dev - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-multiarch - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-m68k-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-s390x-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-multiarch-dev - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-doc - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-sh4-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-source - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-hppa-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-alpha-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-38533

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.13
    • 4.1.x versions prior to 4.1.13
    • 4.2.x versions prior to 4.2.8
    • 4.3.x versions prior to 4.3.5
  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • All versions prior to 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.25, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.15, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.10, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80
    • 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.51
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.2
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.31, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.20, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.13, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.364
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.7, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80
    • 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80
  • VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for VMs
    • 2.2.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.0.13
    • 4.1.13
    • 4.2.8
    • 4.3.5
  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.25, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 2.12.15, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 2.13.10, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 3.0.7, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater
    • 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.51
    • 3.0.2
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.31, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 2.12.20, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 2.13.13, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.364 or greater
    • 3.0.7, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater
    • 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater
  • VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for VMs
    • 2.2.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater

References

History

2023-05-11: Initial vulnerability report published.