CVE-2022-4285

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are: ld - the GNU linker. as - the GNU assembler. addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers. ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives. c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs. gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test. gprof - Displays profiling information. nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM. nm - Lists symbols from object files. objcopy - Copies and translates object files. objdump - Displays information from object files. ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive. readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file. size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file. strings - Lists printable strings from files. trip - Discards symbols. windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler. windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.

Security Fix(es):

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.(CVE-2022-4285)

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.(CVE-2022-48064)

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)

The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are: ld - the GNU linker. as - the GNU assembler. addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers. ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives. c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs. gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test. gprof - Displays profiling information. nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM. nm - Lists symbols from object files. objcopy - Copies and translates object files. objdump - Displays information from object files. ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive. readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file. size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file. strings - Lists printable strings from files. trip - Discards symbols. windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler. windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.

Security Fix(es):

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.(CVE-2022-4285)

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.(CVE-2022-48064)

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)

The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are: ld - the GNU linker. as - the GNU assembler. addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers. ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives. c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols. dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs. gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test. gprof - Displays profiling information. nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM. nm - Lists symbols from object files. objcopy - Copies and translates object files. objdump - Displays information from object files. ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive. readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file. size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file. strings - Lists printable strings from files. trip - Discards symbols. windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler. windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.

Security Fix(es):

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.(CVE-2022-4285)

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.(CVE-2022-48064)

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.(CVE-2023-1972)

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

• binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

• binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

• binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

• binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. (CVE-2022-4285) A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability. (CVE-2023-1972) GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c. (CVE-2023-39128) GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap use after free via the function add_pe_exported_sym() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39129) GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39130)

These are all security issues fixed in the binutils-2.40-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities.

Security Fix(es):

• binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (CVE-2022-4285)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

This update for binutils fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.41 [jsc#PED-5778]:

• The MIPS port now supports the Sony Interactive Entertainment Allegrex processor, used with the PlayStation Portable, which implements the MIPS II ISA along with a single-precision FPU and a few implementation-specific integer instructions.

• Objdump's --private option can now be used on PE format files to display the fields in the file header and section headers.

• New versioned release of libsframe: libsframe.so.1. This release introduces versioned symbols with version node name LIBSFRAME_1.0. This release also updates the ABI in an incompatible way: this includes removal of sframe_get_funcdesc_with_addr API, change in the behavior of sframe_fre_get_ra_offset and sframe_fre_get_fp_offset APIs.

• SFrame Version 2 is now the default (and only) format version supported by gas, ld, readelf and objdump.

• Add command-line option, --strip-section-headers, to objcopy and strip to remove ELF section header from ELF file.

• The RISC-V port now supports the following new standard extensions:

  • Zicond (conditional zero instructions)
  • Zfa (additional floating-point instructions)
  • Zvbb, Zvbc, Zvkg, Zvkned, Zvknh[ab], Zvksed, Zvksh, Zvkn, Zvknc, Zvkng, Zvks, Zvksc, Zvkg, Zvkt (vector crypto instructions)

• The RISC-V port now supports the following vendor-defined extensions:

  • XVentanaCondOps

• Add support for Intel FRED, LKGS and AMX-COMPLEX instructions.

• A new .insn directive is recognized by x86 gas.

• Add SME2 support to the AArch64 port.

• The linker now accepts a command line option of --remap-inputs <PATTERN>=<FILE> to relace any input file that matches <PATTERN> with <FILE>. In addition the option --remap-inputs-file=<FILE> can be used to specify a file containing any number of these remapping directives.

• The linker command line option --print-map-locals can be used to include local symbols in a linker map. (ELF targets only).

• For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment section.

• The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ 'string' This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location.

• Add command-line option, -z nosectionheader, to omit ELF section header.

• Contains fixes for these non-CVEs (not security bugs per upstreams SECURITY.md):

  • bsc#1209642 aka CVE-2023-1579 aka PR29988
  • bsc#1210297 aka CVE-2023-1972 aka PR30285
  • bsc#1210733 aka CVE-2023-2222 aka PR29936
  • bsc#1213458 aka CVE-2021-32256 aka PR105039 (gcc)
  • bsc#1214565 aka CVE-2020-19726 aka PR26240
  • bsc#1214567 aka CVE-2022-35206 aka PR29290
  • bsc#1214579 aka CVE-2022-35205 aka PR29289
  • bsc#1214580 aka CVE-2022-44840 aka PR29732
  • bsc#1214604 aka CVE-2022-45703 aka PR29799
  • bsc#1214611 aka CVE-2022-48065 aka PR29925
  • bsc#1214619 aka CVE-2022-48064 aka PR29922
  • bsc#1214620 aka CVE-2022-48063 aka PR29924
  • bsc#1214623 aka CVE-2022-47696 aka PR29677
  • bsc#1214624 aka CVE-2022-47695 aka PR29846
  • bsc#1214625 aka CVE-2022-47673 aka PR29876

• Fixed a compatibility problem caused by binutils-revert-rela.diff in SLE codestreams. Needed for update of glibc as that would otherwise pick up the broken relative relocs support. [bsc#1213282, jsc#PED-1435]

• Document fixed CVEs:

  • bsc#1208037 aka CVE-2023-25588 aka PR29677
  • bsc#1208038 aka CVE-2023-25587 aka PR29846
  • bsc#1208040 aka CVE-2023-25585 aka PR29892
  • bsc#1208409 aka CVE-2023-0687 aka PR29444

• Enable bpf-none cross target and add bpf-none to the multitarget set of supported targets.

• Disable packed-relative-relocs for old codestreams. They generate buggy relocations when binutils-revert-rela.diff is active. [bsc#1206556]

• Disable ZSTD debug section compress by default.

• Enable zstd compression algorithm (instead of zlib) for debug info sections by…

This update for binutils fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.41 [jsc#PED-5778]:

• The MIPS port now supports the Sony Interactive Entertainment Allegrex processor, used with the PlayStation Portable, which implements the MIPS II ISA along with a single-precision FPU and a few implementation-specific integer instructions.

• Objdump's --private option can now be used on PE format files to display the fields in the file header and section headers.

• New versioned release of libsframe: libsframe.so.1. This release introduces versioned symbols with version node name LIBSFRAME_1.0. This release also updates the ABI in an incompatible way: this includes removal of sframe_get_funcdesc_with_addr API, change in the behavior of sframe_fre_get_ra_offset and sframe_fre_get_fp_offset APIs.

• SFrame Version 2 is now the default (and only) format version supported by gas, ld, readelf and objdump.

• Add command-line option, --strip-section-headers, to objcopy and strip to remove ELF section header from ELF file.

• The RISC-V port now supports the following new standard extensions:

  • Zicond (conditional zero instructions)
  • Zfa (additional floating-point instructions)
  • Zvbb, Zvbc, Zvkg, Zvkned, Zvknh[ab], Zvksed, Zvksh, Zvkn, Zvknc, Zvkng, Zvks, Zvksc, Zvkg, Zvkt (vector crypto instructions)

• The RISC-V port now supports the following vendor-defined extensions:

  • XVentanaCondOps

• Add support for Intel FRED, LKGS and AMX-COMPLEX instructions.

• A new .insn directive is recognized by x86 gas.

• Add SME2 support to the AArch64 port.

• The linker now accepts a command line option of --remap-inputs <PATTERN>=<FILE> to relace any input file that matches <PATTERN> with <FILE>. In addition the option --remap-inputs-file=<FILE> can be used to specify a file containing any number of these remapping directives.

• The linker command line option --print-map-locals can be used to include local symbols in a linker map. (ELF targets only).

• For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment section.

• The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ 'string' This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location.

• Add command-line option, -z nosectionheader, to omit ELF section header.

• Contains fixes for these non-CVEs (not security bugs per upstreams SECURITY.md):

  • bsc#1209642 aka CVE-2023-1579 aka PR29988
  • bsc#1210297 aka CVE-2023-1972 aka PR30285
  • bsc#1210733 aka CVE-2023-2222 aka PR29936
  • bsc#1213458 aka CVE-2021-32256 aka PR105039 (gcc)
  • bsc#1214565 aka CVE-2020-19726 aka PR26240
  • bsc#1214567 aka CVE-2022-35206 aka PR29290
  • bsc#1214579 aka CVE-2022-35205 aka PR29289
  • bsc#1214580 aka CVE-2022-44840 aka PR29732
  • bsc#1214604 aka CVE-2022-45703 aka PR29799
  • bsc#1214611 aka CVE-2022-48065 aka PR29925
  • bsc#1214619 aka CVE-2022-48064 aka PR29922
  • bsc#1214620 aka CVE-2022-48063 aka PR29924
  • bsc#1214623 aka CVE-2022-47696 aka PR29677
  • bsc#1214624 aka CVE-2022-47695 aka PR29846
  • bsc#1214625 aka CVE-2022-47673 aka PR29876

• This only existed only for a very short while in SLE-15, as the main variant in devel:gcc subsumed this in binutils-revert-rela.diff. Hence:

• Document fixed CVEs:

  • bsc#1208037 aka CVE-2023-25588 aka PR29677
  • bsc#1208038 aka CVE-2023-25587 aka PR29846
  • bsc#1208040 aka CVE-2023-25585 aka PR29892
  • bsc#1208409 aka CVE-2023-0687 aka PR29444

• Enable bpf-none cross target and add bpf-none to the multitarget set of supported targets.

• Disable packed-relative-relocs for old codestreams. They generate buggy relocations when binutils-revert-rela.diff is active. [bsc#1206556]

• Disable ZSTD debug section compress by default.

• Enable zstd compression algorithm (instead of zlib) for debug info sections by default.

• Pack libgprofng only for supported platforms.

• Move…

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain COFF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-38533)

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds checks in several functions, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285, CVE-2020-19726, CVE-2021-46174)

It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a reachable assertion, which could lead to an intentional assertion failure when processing certain crafted DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-35205)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ELF file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-1972)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a stack overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39128)

It was discovered that gdb had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39129)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39130)