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CVE-2014-8738

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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.

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Related Resources (22)

http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3123
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71083
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8738
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/4
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/05/7
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8738
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8738
http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8738
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8738

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Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

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