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  <title>Binutils: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of
    which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">binutils</product>
  <announced>2017-09-17</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-09-17</revised>
  <bug>618006</bug>
  <bug>618514</bug>
  <bug>618516</bug>
  <bug>618520</bug>
  <bug>618826</bug>
  <bug>621130</bug>
  <bug>624524</bug>
  <bug>624702</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-devel/binutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.28.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.28.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The GNU Binutils are a collection of tools to create, modify and analyse
      binary files. Many of the files use BFD, the Binary File Descriptor
      library, to do low-level manipulation.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binutils. Please review
      References for additional information.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to compile/execute a specially
      crafted ELF file, PE File, or binary file, could possibly cause a Denial
      of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Binutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-devel/binutils-2.28.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6965">
      CVE-2017-6965
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6966">
      CVE-2017-6966
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6969">
      CVE-2017-6969
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7614">
      CVE-2017-7614
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8392">
      CVE-2017-8392
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8393">
      CVE-2017-8393
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8394">
      CVE-2017-8394
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8395">
      CVE-2017-8395
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8396">
      CVE-2017-8396
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8397">
      CVE-2017-8397
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8398">
      CVE-2017-8398
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8421">
      CVE-2017-8421
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9038">
      CVE-2017-9038
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9039">
      CVE-2017-9039
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9040">
      CVE-2017-9040
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9041">
      CVE-2017-9041
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9042">
      CVE-2017-9042
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9742">
      CVE-2017-9742
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9954">
      CVE-2017-9954
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-16T22:31:03Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-17T15:30:04Z">chrisadr</metadata>
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