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Severity: Normal
Title: Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 17, 2017
Bugs: #618006, #618514, #618516, #618520, #618826, #621130,
#624524, #624702
ID: 201709-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of
which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
==========

The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and
analyse binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File
Descriptor library, to do low-level manipulation.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-devel/binutils < 2.28.1 >= 2.28.1

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please
review References for additional information.

Impact
======

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially
crafted ELF file, PE File, or binary file, could possibly cause a
Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-devel/binutils-2.28.1”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6965
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6965
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-6966
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6966
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-6969
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6969
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-7614
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7614
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-8392
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8392
[ 6 ] CVE-2017-8393
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8393
[ 7 ] CVE-2017-8394
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8394
[ 8 ] CVE-2017-8395
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8395
[ 9 ] CVE-2017-8396
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8396
[ 10 ] CVE-2017-8397
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8397
[ 11 ] CVE-2017-8398
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8398
[ 12 ] CVE-2017-8421
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8421
[ 13 ] CVE-2017-9038
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9038
[ 14 ] CVE-2017-9039
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9039
[ 15 ] CVE-2017-9040
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9040
[ 16 ] CVE-2017-9041
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9041
[ 17 ] CVE-2017-9042
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9042
[ 18 ] CVE-2017-9742
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9742
[ 19 ] CVE-2017-9954
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9954

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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