USN-5762-1: GNU binutils vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

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. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5762-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: binutils-dev – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-multiarch – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-m68k-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-s390x-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-multiarch-dev – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-doc – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-sh4-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-source – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-mips-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-hppa-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-alpha-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 binutils – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-38533.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Bionic Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.161
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• cflinuxfs3
  • All versions prior to 0.344.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.80
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 24.1.0, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.80, Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.161

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• Bionic Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.161 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• cflinuxfs3
  • Upgrade all versions to 0.344.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.80 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 24.1.0 or greater, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.80 or greater, upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.161 or greaterxeni

History

2023-01-26: Initial vulnerability report published.