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FKIE_CVE-2014-8485

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-09 23:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:16
Severity
Summary
The 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.htmlExploit, Press/Media Coverage
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62241Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62746Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.htmlExploit, Press/Media Coverage
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62241Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62746Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70741
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157276Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17510Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=493a33860c71cac998f1a56d6d87d6faa801fbaa
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fedoraproject fedora 19
fedoraproject fedora 20
fedoraproject fedora 21
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
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