| Name | CVE-2014-8738 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-184-1, DSA-3123-1, DSA-3123-2 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.43.50.20241210-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.43.50.20241215-1 | fixed | |
| binutils-mingw-w64 (PTS) | bullseye | 8.11 | fixed |
| bookworm | 10.4 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | source | squeeze | 2.20.1-16+deb6u1 | DLA-184-1 | ||
| binutils | source | wheezy | 2.22-8+deb7u2 | DSA-3123-1 | ||
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.24.90.20141124-1 | |||
| binutils-mingw-w64 | source | wheezy | 2+deb7u1 | DSA-3123-2 | ||
| binutils-mingw-w64 | source | (unstable) | 5.2 |
Upstream tracker: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
Upstream patch: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=bb0d867169d7e9743d229804106a8fbcab7f3b3f