USN-4336-3: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• binutils - GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

Details

USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security
issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• binutils - 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• binutils-multiarch - 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-9748
• CVE-2017-9747
• CVE-2017-9750
• CVE-2017-9756
• CVE-2017-9742
• CVE-2018-6323

Related notices

• USN-4336-2: binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu, binutils-dev, binutils-multiarch, binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, binutils-source, binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-doc, binutils, binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu, binutils-multiarch-dev, binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu, binutils-mips-linux-gnu