Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2015.0168.1
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2015:0168-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2015:0168-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2015:0168-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: binutils has been updated to fix eight security issues: * Lack of range checking leading to controlled write in _bfd_elf_setup_sections() (CVE-2014-8485). * Invalid read flaw in libbfd (CVE-2014-8484). * Write to uninitialized memory in the PE parser (CVE-2014-8501). * Crash in the PE parser (CVE-2014-8502). * Segfault in the ihex parser when it encounters a malformed ihex file (CVE-2014-8503). * Stack buffer overflow in srec_scan (CVE-2014-8504). * Out-of-bounds memory write while processing a crafted 'ar' archive (CVE-2014-8738). * Directory traversal vulnerability allowing random file deletion/creation (CVE-2014-8737). Security Issues: * CVE-2014-8501 * CVE-2014-8502 * CVE-2014-8503 * CVE-2014-8504 * CVE-2014-8485 * CVE-2014-8738 * CVE-2014-8484 * CVE-2014-8737 Affected Software/OS: 'binutils' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8484 BugTraq ID: 70714 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70714 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8485 BugTraq ID: 70741 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741 http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8501 BugTraq ID: 70866 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8502 BugTraq ID: 70869 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70869 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8503 BugTraq ID: 70868 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70868 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8504 BugTraq ID: 70761 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70761 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/27/5 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8737 BugTraq ID: 70908 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8738 BugTraq ID: 71083 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083 Debian Security Information: DSA-3123 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
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