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CVE-2014-8738

Date: January 15, 2015

The _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table function in bfd/archive.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write, segmentation fault, and crash) via a crafted extended name table in an archive.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (22)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62746

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8738

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8738

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8738

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62241

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8738

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html

Url: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8738

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2014-8738

Date: January 15, 2015

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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