===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2005/VULN597 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 06/10/2005 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running binutils. ====================================================================== - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: binutils security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:659-01 Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html Issue date: 2005-09-28 Updated on: 2005-09-28 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CAN-2005-1704 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary: An updated binutils package that fixes several bugs and minor security issues is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools. Several integer overflow bugs were found in binutils. If a user is tricked into processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such as readelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution of arbitrary code as the user running the utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1704 to this issue. Additionally, the following bugs have been fixed: - - -- correct alignment of .tbss section if the requested alignment of .tbss is bigger than requested alignment of .tdata section - - -- by default issue an error if IA-64 hint@pause instruction is put into the B slot, add assembler command line switch to override this behaviour All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command: up2date For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 157983 - gcc produces inadequate alignment for __thread vars 164364 - CAN-2005-1704 Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm 64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm i386: 40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm ia64: d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm ppc: 80f84bae3f54898f94bfca3f63281fe9 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ppc.rpm s390: 2decc07a7a4765f8b51c5a6e346a6ab9 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.s390.rpm s390x: 525405b42381b13512b184ba2c43a12b binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.s390x.rpm x86_64: 3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm 64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm i386: 40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm x86_64: 3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm 64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm i386: 40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm ia64: d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm x86_64: 3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm 64bdd095087e29551e0db7d77def0abb binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.src.rpm i386: 40f698290ea2271c9452dd40f0d88429 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.i386.rpm ia64: d3ec28074b9a8c2c0ff0e91570f1d3a8 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.ia64.rpm x86_64: 3ea049872ff3705f9e6bfe42a8a3f964 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-39.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1704 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc. ====================================================================== ========================================================= Les serveurs de référence du CERT-Renater http://www.urec.fr/securite http://www.cru.fr/securite http://www.renater.fr ========================================================= + CERT-RENATER | tel : 01-53-94-20-44 + + 151 bd de l'Hopital | fax : 01-53-94-20-41 + + 75013 Paris | email: certsvp@renater.fr + =========================================================