USN-6413-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

23766

04 December 2023

04 December 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2017-17122,CVE-2017-8421,CVE-2018-20671,CVE-2018-6543,CVE-2022-35205,CVE-2022-47007,CVE-2022-47008,CVE-2022-47010,CVE-2022-47011,CVE-2022-48063

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17122, CVE-2017-8421) It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds checks when processing debug sections with objdump, which could lead to an overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20671, CVE-2018-6543) It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a reachable assertion, which could lead to an intentional assertion failure when processing certain crafted DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-35205) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled memory management operations in several of its functions, which could lead to excessive memory consumption due to memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47007, CVE-2022-47008, CVE-2022-47010, CVE-2022-47011) It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48063) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6413-1` 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+esm9 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-multiarch - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-m68k-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-s390x-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-multiarch-dev - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-doc - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-sh4-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-source - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-mips-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-hppa-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-alpha-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 binutils - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-17122, CVE-2017-8421, CVE-2018-20671, CVE-2018-6543, CVE-2022-35205, CVE-2022-47007, CVE-2022-47008, CVE-2022-47010, CVE-2022-47011, CVE-2022-48063

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
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.41, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.730
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.26, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.730
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.19
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.11+LTS-T
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.65
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.47, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.730
    • 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.29, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.730
    • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.19
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.11+LTS-T

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
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.11.41, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.730 or greater
    • 2.13.26, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.730 or greater
    • 3.0.19
    • 4.0.11+LTS-T
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.65
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.11.47, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.730 or greater
    • 2.13.29, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.730 or greater
    • 3.0.19
    • 4.0.11+LTS-T

References

History

2023-12-04: Initial vulnerability report published.