CVE-2014-8485

NameCVE-2014-8485
DescriptionThe setup_group function in bfd/elf.c in libbfd in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted section group headers in an ELF file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-184-1, DSA-3123-1, DSA-3123-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
binutils (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.25-5+deb8u2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.28-5+deb9u1fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.31.1-16+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.35.2-2fixed
bookworm2.40-2fixed
trixie2.43.50.20241215-1fixed
sid2.43.50.20241221-1fixed
binutils-mingw-w64 (PTS)jessie5.2+deb8u1fixed
stretch7.4fixed
buster8.3fixed
bullseye8.11fixed
bookworm10.4fixed
sid, trixie12fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
binutilssourcesqueeze2.20.1-16+deb6u1DLA-184-1
binutilssourcewheezy2.22-8+deb7u2DSA-3123-1
binutilssource(unstable)2.24.90.20141104-1
binutils-mingw-w64sourcewheezy2+deb7u1DSA-3123-2
binutils-mingw-w64source(unstable)5.2

Notes

http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510

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