USN-6101-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-1579) It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly verify the version definitions in zer0-lengthverdef table. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10 and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-1972) It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly validate the size of length parameter in vms-alpha. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-25584) It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly initialized the file_table field of struct module and the_bfd field of asymbol. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25586) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6101-1` 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+esm6 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-multiarch – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-m68k-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-s390x-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-multiarch-dev – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-doc – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-sh4-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64 – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-source – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-mips-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-hppa-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-alpha-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 binutils – 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-1579, CVE-2023-1972, CVE-2023-25584, CVE-2023-25585, CVE-2023-25588.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Bionic Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.204
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• cflinuxfs3
  • All versions prior to 0.369.0
• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.11.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.125
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 30.0.0, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.125 or Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.204

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 1.204 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• cflinuxfs3
  • Upgrade all versions to 0.369.0 or greater
• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.11.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.125 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 30.0.0 or greater, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.125 or greater, and upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.204 or greater

History

2023-06-30: Initial vulnerability report published.