SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1: moderate: Security update for binutils

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for binutils
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:3170-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1065643 #1065689 #1065693 #1068640 #1068643 
                    #1068887 #1068888 #1068950 #1069176 #1069202 
                    #1075418 #1077745 #1079103 #1079741 #1080556 
                    #1081527 #1083528 #1083532 #1085784 #1086608 
                    #1086784 #1086786 #1086788 #1090997 #1091015 
                    #1091365 #1091368 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-15938 CVE-2017-15939 CVE-2017-15996
                    CVE-2017-16826 CVE-2017-16827 CVE-2017-16828
                    CVE-2017-16829 CVE-2017-16830 CVE-2017-16831
                    CVE-2017-16832 CVE-2018-10372 CVE-2018-10373
                    CVE-2018-10534 CVE-2018-10535 CVE-2018-6323
                    CVE-2018-6543 CVE-2018-6759 CVE-2018-6872
                    CVE-2018-7208 CVE-2018-7568 CVE-2018-7569
                    CVE-2018-7570 CVE-2018-7642 CVE-2018-7643
                    CVE-2018-8945
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
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   An update that solves 25 vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for binutils to version 2.31 fixes the following issues:

   These security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2017-15996: readelf allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
     service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other
     impact via a crafted ELF file that triggered a buffer overflow on fuzzed
     archive header (bsc#1065643)
   - CVE-2017-15939: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)
     mishandled NULL files in a .debug_line file table, which allowed remote
     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and
     application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to concat_filename
     (bsc#1065689)
   - CVE-2017-15938: the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)
     miscalculated DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable
     object file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
     (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault,
     and application crash) (bsc#1065693)
   - CVE-2017-16826: The coff_slurp_line_table function the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause
     a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or
     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file
     (bsc#1068640)
   - CVE-2017-16832: The pe_bfd_read_buildid function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate size and offset
     values in the data dictionary, which allowed remote attackers to cause a
     denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) or
     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file
     (bsc#1068643)
   - CVE-2017-16831: Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did
     not validate the symbol count, which allowed remote attackers to cause a
     denial of service (integer overflow and application crash, or excessive
     memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
     crafted PE file (bsc#1068887)
   - CVE-2017-16830: The print_gnu_property_note function did not have
     integer-overflow protection on 32-bit platforms, which allowed remote
     attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and
     application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
     crafted ELF file (bsc#1068888)
   - CVE-2017-16829: The _bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties function in the Binary
     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not prevent negative
     pointers, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified
     other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1068950)
   - CVE-2017-16828: The display_debug_frames function allowed remote
     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based
     buffer over-read, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified
     other impact via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1069176)
   - CVE-2017-16827: The aout_get_external_symbols function in the Binary
     File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to
     cause a denial of service (slurp_symtab invalid free and application
     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file
     (bsc#1069202)
   - CVE-2018-6323: The elf_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor
     (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unsigned integer overflow because
     bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allowed
     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
     possibly have unspecified
     other impact (bsc#1077745)
   - CVE-2018-6543: Prevent integer overflow in the function
     load_specific_debug_section() which resulted in `malloc()` with 0 size.
     A crafted ELF file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
     (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
     (bsc#1079103)
   - CVE-2018-6759: The bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) had an unchecked strnlen
     operation. Remote attackers could have leveraged this vulnerability to
     cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted ELF file
     (bsc#1079741)
   - CVE-2018-6872: The elf_parse_notes function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause
     a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation) via
     a note with a large alignment (bsc#1080556)
   - CVE-2018-7208: In the coff_pointerize_aux function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) an index was not validated, which
     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation
     fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as
     demonstrated by objcopy of a COFF object (bsc#1081527)
   - CVE-2018-7570: The assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections function
     in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote
     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and
     application crash) via an ELF file with a RELRO segment that lacks a
     matching LOAD segment, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1083528)
   - CVE-2018-7569: The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd)
     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow
     or overflow, and application crash) via an ELF file with a corrupt DWARF
     FORM block, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1083532)
   - CVE-2018-8945: The bfd_section_from_shdr function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause
     a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large attribute section
     (bsc#1086608)
   - CVE-2018-7643: The display_debug_ranges function allowed remote
     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application
     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file,
     as demonstrated by
     objdump (bsc#1086784)
   - CVE-2018-7642: The swap_std_reloc_in function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause
     a denial of service (aout_32_swap_std_reloc_out NULL pointer dereference
     and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by
     objcopy (bsc#1086786)
   - CVE-2018-7568: The parse_die function in the Binary File Descriptor
     (BFD) library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
     service (integer overflow and application crash) via an ELF file with
     corrupt dwarf1 debug information, as demonstrated by nm (bsc#1086788)
   - CVE-2018-10373: concat_filename in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD)
     library (aka libbfd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
     service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted
     binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new (bsc#1090997)
   - CVE-2018-10372: process_cu_tu_index allowed remote attackers to cause a
     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash)
     via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by readelf (bsc#1091015)
   - CVE-2018-10535: The ignore_section_sym function in the Binary File
     Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) did not validate the
     output_section pointer in the case of a symtab entry with a "SECTION"
     type that has a "0" value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a
     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a
     crafted file, as demonstrated by objcopy (bsc#1091365)
   - CVE-2018-10534: The _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common function in
     the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd) processesed a
     negative Data Directory size with an unbounded loop that increased the
     value of (external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY) *edd so that the address
     exceeded its own memory region, resulting in an out-of-bounds memory
     write, as demonstrated by
     objcopy copying private info with
      _bfd_pex64_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common in pex64igen.c (bsc#1091368)

   These non-security issues were fixed:

   - The AArch64 port now supports showing disassembly notes which are
     emitted when inconsistencies are found with the instruction that may
     result in the instruction being invalid.  These can be turned on with
     the option -M notes to objdump.
   - The AArch64 port now emits warnings when a combination of an instruction
     and a named register could be invalid.
   - Added O modifier to ar to display member offsets inside an archive
   - The ADR and ADRL pseudo-instructions supported by the ARM assembler now
     only set the bottom bit of the address of thumb function symbols if the
     -mthumb-interwork command line option is active.
   - Add --generate-missing-build-notes=[yes|no] option to create (or not)
     GNU Build Attribute notes if none are present in the input sources.  Add
     a
     --enable-generate-build-notes=[yes|no] configure time option to set the
      default behaviour.  Set the default if the configure option is not used
      to "no".
   - Remove -mold-gcc command-line option for x86 targets.
   - Add -O[2|s] command-line options to x86 assembler to enable alternate
     shorter instruction encoding.
   - Add support for .nops directive.  It is currently supported only for x86
     targets.
   - Speed up direct linking with DLLs for Cygwin and Mingw targets.
   - Add a configure option --enable-separate-code to decide whether
     -z separate-code should be enabled in ELF linker by default.  Default to
      yes for Linux/x86 targets.  Note that -z separate-code can increase
      disk and memory size.
   - RISC-V: Fix symbol address problem with versioned symbols
   - Restore riscv64-elf cross prefix via symlinks
   - Fix pacemaker libqb problem with section start/stop symbols
   - RISC-V: Don't enable relaxation in relocatable link
   - Prevent linking faiures on i386 with assertion (bsc#1085784)
   - Fix symbol size bug when relaxation deletes bytes
   - Add --debug-dump=links option to readelf and --dwarf=links option to
     objdump which displays the contents of any .gnu_debuglink or
     .gnu_debugaltlink sections. Add a --debug-dump=follow-links option to
     readelf and a --dwarf=follow-links
     option to objdump which causes indirect links into separate debug info
      files to be followed when dumping other DWARF sections.
   - Add support for loaction views in DWARF debug line information.
   - Add -z separate-code to generate separate code PT_LOAD segment.
   - Add "-z undefs" command line option as the inverse of the "-z defs"
     option.
   - Add -z globalaudit command line option to force audit libraries to be
     run for every dynamic object loaded by an executable - provided that the
     loader supports this functionality.
   - Tighten linker script grammar around file name specifiers to prevent the
     use
     of SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT and SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY on filenames.  These
      would previously be accepted but had no effect.
   - The EXCLUDE_FILE directive can now be placed within any SORT_* directive
     within input section lists.
   - Fix linker relaxation with --wrap


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2265=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2265=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 (x86_64):

      binutils-debugsource-2.31-6.3.1
      binutils-devel-32bit-2.31-6.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      binutils-2.31-6.3.1
      binutils-debuginfo-2.31-6.3.1
      binutils-debugsource-2.31-6.3.1
      binutils-devel-2.31-6.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15938.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15939.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15996.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16826.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16827.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16828.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16829.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16830.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16831.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16832.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10372.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10373.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10534.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10535.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6323.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6543.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6759.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6872.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7208.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7568.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7569.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7570.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7642.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7643.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8945.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065643
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065689
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1065693
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068640
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068643
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068887
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068888
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068950
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069176
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069202
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1075418
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077745
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079103
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079741
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080556
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081527
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083528
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083532
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085784
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086608
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086784
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086786
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086788
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090997
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091015
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091365
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091368



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